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#51 detail larry

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Posted 01 August 2014 - 06:41 PM

Rusty Russell , the coach at Masonic Home during the 1920s and 1930s , The Twelve Mighty Orphans ! Jim Dent wrote the book .

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Posted 06 October 2014 - 08:19 PM

Lets not forget C R Smith , CEO of American Airlines .

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 05:59 PM

I just realized Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins is from FW. He moved to LA around 4 or 5 though. 



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Posted 24 December 2014 - 05:28 AM

As I remember, Van Williams went to Arlington Heights High School and then TCU. He later starred as the Green Hornet with Bruce Lee as Kato...Rod Roddy of the Price is Right also went to TCU. I worked for him for a few summers while going to High School...



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Posted 24 December 2014 - 11:03 AM

George Eads of 'CSI' was born here but grew up in Belton.



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Posted 19 January 2015 - 04:21 PM

The Rangers just traded for 2010 all star pitcher Yovani Gallardo, who was a graduate of Trimble Tech. 



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Posted 14 February 2015 - 09:23 PM

How about coach Hughes / Dunbar high school / winningest coach

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Posted 16 February 2015 - 01:52 PM

LPGA golfers Sandra Palmer and Sandra Haynie were born in Fort Worth, as was early 50's singer Charlie Applewhite.

 

 

 

 



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Posted 16 February 2015 - 04:19 PM

May have to make room on the list someday soon for Justin Anderson:

 

D Mag: The Localist: Woats Oatsnack

FWBP: Backpack Entrepreneur

 

And from 2005:

FWBP: Blazing a trail Teenage entrepreneur makes strides in food-retail business



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Posted 17 March 2015 - 11:01 PM

Actor Sarah Shahi of Person of Interest, born and raised in Euless.



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Posted 16 April 2015 - 08:48 PM

Actor Charles Baker — "Skinny Pete" in Breaking Bad among other roles — went to Tarrant County College and UTA and met his future wife at Hip Pocket Theatre.



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Posted 16 April 2015 - 08:53 PM

Fort Worth was mentioned a few times in Breaking Bad to.

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Posted 05 May 2015 - 10:21 PM

Richard Rawlings, whom I know only from those Dodge commercials, was born here and went to Eastern Hills HS.



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Posted 08 May 2015 - 12:35 PM

How about Adrienne Ames , born Adrienne Ruth McClure in Fort Worth

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Posted 24 May 2015 - 05:17 PM

Randall Carver - actor - there will be blood

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Posted 24 May 2015 - 05:19 PM

Bug Hall - Actor

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Posted 24 May 2015 - 05:43 PM

Gabriel Horn - actor - Gene Autry

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Posted 25 May 2015 - 10:15 AM

Hunter Tylo - actress , Brad Carter - actor , Patricia Blair - actress, Valarie Rae Miller - actress

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Posted 27 September 2015 - 10:54 PM

The toadies
ROCK ISLAND
Fort Worth Texas

 

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 05:54 PM

Up and coming rapper SOLO LUCCI


ROCK ISLAND
Fort Worth Texas

 

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Posted 11 February 2016 - 12:20 PM

Joey Floyd, from the Eastside, guitarist and fiddler for Toby Keith; sadly, he is in hospice with throat cancer. He started in Johnnie High's Country Music Review with his sister Jill and starred as Willie Nelson's son in the movie Honeysuckle Rose before playing in many bands.

http://www.tomkinsgu...y-floyd-apa.jpg

Joey passed away on Valentine's Day:

http://www.legacy.co...d&pid=177739478

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Posted 15 March 2016 - 08:48 PM

Here's one: Eugene Lee, "Porky" from the Our Gang/Little Rascals shorts!



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Posted 05 April 2016 - 05:50 AM

The Ink Spots were from here...



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Posted 05 April 2016 - 07:24 AM

Which Ink Spots? The original Ink Spots were from Indiana, and after their disbanding a lot of touring outfits used the name. I looked but couldn't find any member of the original group who had a connection to Fort Worth.



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Posted 05 April 2016 - 05:35 PM

Not sure. My grandparents had a used furniture store on Vickery Street. My grandfather said he sold them furniture 'on time' (dollar down and a dollar a week) and they skipped out on the bill... He said they got famous and left town.



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Posted 08 February 2017 - 11:29 AM

Tamaron Hall, Broadcast Journalist NBC/MSNBC



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Posted 08 February 2017 - 11:30 PM

I love Tamron Hall but she is no longer with the network (NBC/MSNBC).  Unfortunately, some "genius" at NBC decided to replace Tamron and Al Roker on hour 3 of the Today Show (Today's Take) with an hour of the Megyn Kelly Show who recently departed FOX.  You can be certain that I will follow Tamron wherever she lands.  I have feeling Matt Lauer is behind all of this.   



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Posted 10 February 2017 - 09:35 AM

Ratings and money.  The Internet hasn't made broadcast television any tamer when it comes to sacrificing one star for another.



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Posted 19 February 2017 - 11:02 AM

Roger Miller-"King of the Road." Born here and still had family here at least into the early '80's.


Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible. F. Zappa.


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Posted 27 February 2017 - 06:37 AM

Bill Paxton.

 

 

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 01:15 PM

hey how about charles tandy , he ent tp paschal high school , graduated in 1935, he started tandy leather , radio schack and pier one imports.

Charles Tandy didn't start Tandy Leather. His dad started it. Norton Hinckley and Dave L. Tandy partnered to start the Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company and concentrated their efforts on selling sole leather and other supplies to shoe repair dealers in Texas.



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Posted 04 May 2017 - 02:19 PM

John M. Jackson, actor, perhaps best known as Admiral Chegwidden on JAG, graduated from Arlington Heights in 1968.



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Posted 12 June 2017 - 10:00 PM

Oswald would be in the 1957 Yellow Jacket, not 1956, but he's not even in that one, most likely dropping out before class pictures were taken.

Actually, he is on page 104 in one of those candid shots that get funny captions, he just has no class mugshot.



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Posted 13 July 2017 - 08:18 PM

"Luca"

 

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Please vote! :wub:



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Posted 03 May 2018 - 11:40 PM

According to Wikipedia, actor Alex Cord (Archangel in Airwolf) now lives in Fort Worth.



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Posted 26 May 2018 - 04:05 PM

Alan Bean has passed away.



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Posted 27 May 2018 - 01:46 PM

Alan Bean has passed away.

 

Add USN Captain and NASA Astronaut Bean to a list of persons whose name should be memorialized by naming a bridge in their honor.

 

 7th Street Bridge ---- Van Cliburn

 Lancaster Street Bridge ---- Alan Bean

 Hulen Street Bridge ----- Ornette Coleman

 Jacksboro Hwy Bridge --- Charles Tandy

 Belknap/Weatherford Street East Bridges - Founders



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Posted 27 May 2018 - 02:21 PM

Rename, the 7th Street Bridge is already named the "Van Zandt Viaduct", and has been for over 100 years, why change the name?



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Posted 27 May 2018 - 03:09 PM

Rename, the 7th Street Bridge is already named the "Van Zandt Viaduct", and has been for over 100 years, why change the name?

 

Who really knows who Van Zandt was; a settler from Tennessee, I think.

 

Van Cliburn was an international and globally known person; he is worshiped in Russia.  Associating Van Cliburn to the City 365 days a year more than the 30 days that he is associated with the City every four years will have a more lasting connection for visitors to connect the dots.

 

Besides, the Van Zandt/7th Street Viaduct is simply to lovely a landmark to be named anything else but Van Cliburn.



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Posted 27 May 2018 - 04:02 PM

The Van Zandt Cottage, located on Crestline, is reportedly the oldest building in Fort Worth sitting on its original location.  Other older buildings have been moved in order to save them.  Major Khleber Miller Van Zandt purchased over 600 acres west of the newly formed town of Fort Worth between 1871 and 1873.  Van Zandt donated the land for Trinity Park, Will Rogers, and other civic sites in the Cultural District.  I think leaving the name alone is very appropriate, considering Van Zandt's contribution to Fort Worth's history.  We have plenty of other bridges we can name for other Fort Worthians.



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Posted 27 May 2018 - 06:10 PM

Growing up here, I was taught as a grammar school pupil about the early settlers of Fort Worth and the history that surrounded it. I do think that it is important that this19th Century history be learned. I presume that school children everywhere are taught similar lessons.

 

But now, there ought to be memorials to commemorate persons of the 20th and 21st Century who have through their acclaim have also brought acclaim to the City's expanding history; and when such a person is of such a stature as was Van Cliburn and Alan Bean, then Fort Worth should proclaim its entitlement of such persons.  "We"  know that Muhammad Ali was from Louisville; that Louis Armstrong was from New Orleans, Elvis Presley was a Memphian. 

 

In light of the very aggressive multi-million dollar public relation campaign , Fort Worth Now, to highlight the arts and sciences of the City, it seems terribly sensible to put recognizable names on the bridges and public spaces within Fort Worth.



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Posted 03 June 2018 - 11:36 AM

The Van Zandt Cottage, located on Crestline, is reportedly the oldest building in Fort Worth sitting on its original location.  Other older buildings have been moved in order to save them.  Major Khleber Miller Van Zandt purchased over 600 acres west of the newly formed town of Fort Worth between 1871 and 1873.  Van Zandt donated the land for Trinity Park, Will Rogers, and other civic sites in the Cultural District.  I think leaving the name alone is very appropriate, considering Van Zandt's contribution to Fort Worth's history.  We have plenty of other bridges we can name for other Fort Worthians.

 

 

The youngest grandson of KM Van Zandt has died, and his obit is in the S-T:

 

http://www.legacy.co...r&pid=189181377

 

He was also some sort of thrice-removed cousin of legendary singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt, who checked out too soon back in 1979:

 

http://townesvanzandt.com

 

I wonder if some of Sydney VZ's paintings portrayed the Van Zandt Cottage referenced above? 



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Posted 06 August 2018 - 12:31 AM

Drumstick (frozen dairy dessert)
The original product was invented by I.C. Parker of the Drumstick Company of Fort Worth, Texas, in 1928.
Now owned by Nestle.
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Posted 06 August 2018 - 10:54 AM

Great fact!

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Posted 08 August 2018 - 08:09 PM

Wow, didn't know this, well at not two things -

 

Gomez + Montserrat + Dallas

 

https://www.wonderwa...3015804.gallery

 

Can't escape the dallasization. :angry:



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Posted 03 November 2018 - 04:57 PM

"King Curtis" Ousley (February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), jazz saxophonist, born in FW, attended I.M. Terrell HS.






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