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  2. Sidney Phillips - Wikipedia

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    Sidney Clarke Phillips, Jr. (September 2, 1924 – September 26, 2015) was a United States Marine, family practice physician, and author from Mobile, Alabama. He provided source material and interviews for the making of Ken Burns ' PBS documentary film The War and the HBO miniseries The Pacific.

  3. Clifford Allison - Wikipedia

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    0. Statistics current as of January 28, 2012. Clifford Lawrence Allison (October 20, 1964 – August 13, 1992) [1] was an American stock car racing driver. Son of NASCAR champion Bobby Allison, he was a member of the "Alabama Gang". He was killed in a crash during practice for a NASCAR Busch Series race at Michigan International Speedway in 1992.

  4. List of driver deaths in motorsport - Wikipedia

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    Post-race Kept racing after the checkered flag, tried to pass a slower car, slid and hit trees [63] Carel Godin de Beaufort (NED) 1964-08-01 Open wheel Porsche 718: Formula One: Nürburgring German Grand Prix: Practice Left the road at Bergwerk, went down an embankment and hit a tree [64] Don Beauman (GBR) 1955-07-09 Open wheel Connaught A Type ...

  5. Michael Figures - Wikipedia

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    Education. Stillman College ( BA) University of Alabama ( JD) Michael Anthony Figures (October 13, 1947 – September 13, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Alabama Senate from the 33rd district from 1978 until his death in 1996. He served as the body's president pro tempore after he was elected to the position in 1995.

  6. Bill Whittington - Wikipedia

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    Together with Randy Lanier they owned the Blue Thunder Racing Team in 1984, with Marty Hinze. Bill also raced in the Indianapolis 500 five times with a best finish of 14th in 1985 . Bill made two NASCAR Winston Cup starts in 1980, earning an 8th in his debut at Riverside International Raceway (besting brother Don by one spot) and then 32nd in the Daytona 500 .

  7. Timothy Meaher - Wikipedia

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    Timothy Meaher (1812 – 3 March 1892) was an American slave trader, son of an Irish immigrant father and an Anglo-Irish American mother. He was raised in rural Whitefield, Maine. In his 20s, he moved to Mobile, Alabama where he became a wealthy human trafficker, businessman and landowner. [ 1][ 2] He built and owned the slave-ship Clotilda [ 1 ...

  8. Alabama settles lawsuit with death row inmate set to become ...

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    August 6, 2024 at 12:47 PM. Dave Martin/AP. The office of Alabama’s attorney general has settled a federal lawsuit filed by death row inmate Alan Miller over the state’s plan for him to become ...

  9. List of rider deaths in motorcycle racing - Wikipedia

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    In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in ...