• Gary Mark Gilmore (born Faye Robert Coffman; December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding...
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  • "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" is a single by the punk rock band the Adverts. The song reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1977 and earned the band...
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  • Gary R. Gilmore is an American college baseball coach who was the head coach of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. He held the position from the start...
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  • Gary Gilmore (1940–1977) was an American criminal who was the first person to be executed after the US ban on capital punishment was lifted in 1976. Gary...
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  • known for being the younger brother of convicted criminal Gary Gilmore. In the 1970s Gilmore began writing music articles and criticism for Rolling Stone...
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    Gary Gilmore (disambiguation) Gary Graham (disambiguation) Gary Hart (disambiguation) Gary Hill (disambiguation) Gary Hughes (disambiguation) Gary Johnson...
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    by Norman Mailer that depicts the events related to the execution of Gary Gilmore for murder by the state of Utah. The title of the book may be a play...
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    Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role as executed murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song (1982). He was further nominated for playing...
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  • Gilmore, then a senior contributing editor at Rolling Stone, about his tumultuous childhood in a dysfunctional family, and his brother Gary Gilmore's...
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  • Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, produced by Robert Simonds, and starring Adam Sandler in the title role...
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    after capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, and the second (after Gary Gilmore) in the United States. A 12-year-old Spenkelink discovered the body of...
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    Doug Gilmour (redirect from Doug gilmore)
    teammate possibly due to his having the same last name as serial killer Gary Gilmore (though others have attributed it to his physical style of play despite...
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    Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his performance as Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song (1992). He received honorary awards including...
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  • punk bands to achieve mainstream success in the UK; their 1977 single "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" reached No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart. The Virgin Encyclopedia...
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    Amazing Howard Hughes Howard Hughes TV film 1982 The Executioner's Song Gary Gilmore TV film 1982 The Rainmaker Starbuck TV film 1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof...
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    film 1995 Sugartime Butch Blasi Television film 2001 Shot in the Heart Gary Gilmore Television film 2002 The Sopranos Dominic Palladino Episode: "The Strong...
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  • national moratorium on capital punishment ended with Gregg v. Georgia, when Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in 1977. Utah is one of only two states...
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  • Step "Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie No More" (Taj Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis, Gary Gilmore, Chuck Blackwell) "Take a Giant Step" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) "Give...
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    Executioner's Song, Mailer's "real-life novel" of the life and death of murderer Gary Gilmore, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Joan Didion reflected the views...
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  • second person to be executed by firing squad in the United States (after Gary Gilmore) since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Taylor said he chose...
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  • third person in the U.S. to be executed since the reinstatement, after Gary Gilmore (who died by firing squad) and John Spenkelink (executed in the electric...
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    himself the sole journalist to witness the execution of Gary Gilmore in Utah....In the Gilmore affair, he was like a ringmaster in what became a media...
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  • Richardson 1985-1986 99 61 38 — .616 22 14 — .611 — — — — — — — — 1 — — 5 Gary Gilmore 1996-2024 1,710 1,114 593 3 .651 460 202 2 .693 22 37 38 1 6 2 4 14 13...
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  • 1976 and the first person executed in Utah subsequent to that date was Gary Gilmore in 1977. Rodgers was born on August 3, 1910, in Lubbock, Texas, and was...
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  • screenplay by Mailer. The movie is about the final nine months of the life of Gary Gilmore, beginning with his release from prison at the age of 35 after serving...
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  • of execution volunteers. The first documented case since 1976 was of Gary Gilmore in 1977 who "withdrew his rights of appeal from Utah’s legal system and...
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    inspiration for his "Just Do It" Nike slogan to a death row inmate Gary Gilmore’s last words: "Let's do it." From 1988 to 1998, Nike increased its share...
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    mythology, and geology. Barney portrays, at various points, a satyr and Gary Gilmore. Ursula Andress portrays the Queen of Chain in Cremaster 5. Norman Mailer...
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  • Utah executed Gary Gilmore on January 17, 1977. The state of Colorado itself took 30 years before it would do so in the execution of Gary Lee Davis, on...
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  • author Frederick Gilmore (1887–1969), American professional boxer Gail Gilmore (1937–2014), Canadian actress and dancer Gary Gilmore (1940–1977), American...
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