151025-9748LeeHarveyOswald
Lee Harvey Oswald claimed he was a "patsy" in the assassination of President John F Kennedy, before he was fatally shot on live TV by Jack Ruby. His original marker was stolen, and this plain one is the replacement.
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151025-9749BarbaraLucas
Tad Lucas began her career as a cowgirl in 1922, and won countless trophies for trick riding. Although women's contests were dropped from the major rodeo circuit during WW II, she remained active as performer and official. She is the only person in all three rodeo halls of fame: the National Rodeo HoF (the first woman elected), the National Cowgirl HoF, and the Pro Rodeo HoF. Her will established the Tad Lucas Memorial Award to honor women who excel in any field related to Western heritage.
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151025-9754DarrellAbbott
Darrell Abbott was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of two bands, Pantera and Damageplan He is considered to be one of the driving forces behind groove metal. Abbott was shot and killed by a gunman while on stage during a performance in Ohio.
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151025-9762AmberHagerman
On January 13, 1996, nine-year-old Amber Rene Hagerman was abducted while riding her bike in Arlington, Texas, and found dead 4 days later. Her parents led a movement to create better missing-child alerts and sex-offender registration. Eventually the AMBER alert system was created. Officially it is a backronym for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, but was named for Amber Hagerman,
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151025-9876CarrieMarcus
Carrie Marcus married Abraham Neiman in 1905, and worked briefly for Coca-Cola. Then with brother Herbert Marcus and sister-in-law Minnie, they founded Neiman Marcus in 1907 in Dallas.
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151025-9878CarrieMarcus
Neiman Marcus specialized in high-quality luxurious ready-to-wear garments and was designated a "symbol of elegance" by Holiday magazine. After divorcing in 1928, Carrie was instrumental in the store's fashion shows and in the annual Neiman Marcus Fashion Award beginning in 1938 for outstanding fashion designers. In 1950 her brother Herbert died and she became the chair of Neiman Marcus.
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151025-9884GeorgeDealey
George Dealey was a Dallas businessman and long-time publisher of The Dallas Morning News and owner of the A. H. Belo Corporation. Dealey Plaza in Dallas is named in his honor, and was the location of President John Kennedy's assassination.
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151025-9890GreerGarson
Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson Fogelson, was an actress as Greer Garson. She was one of America's top-ten box office draws from 1942 to 1946. She received seven oscar nominations, including a record five consecutive nominations, winning the Best Actress award for Mrs. Miniver (1942). Other nominations were for Blossoms in the Dust; Madame Curie, Mrs. Parkington, and The Valley of Decision. Hers was the longest acceptance speech at 5-1/2 minutes, after which the academy imposed a time limit.
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151025-9892MickeyMantle
Mickey Mantle played baseball for the New York Yankees as a center fielder and first baseman, from 1951-68. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers, and is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball HoF in 1974 and was elected to the MLB All-Century Team in 1999.
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151025-9895MickeyMantle
He hit 536 home runs, batted .300 or more ten times, and is tied as the leader with 13 walk-off home runs. In 1956 Mantle led in batting average, HRs, and RBIs. He was a 16-time All-Star, the AL MVP three times, and a Golden Glove winner once. Mantle appeared in 12 World Series including 7 championships, and holds WS records with 18 HRs, 40 RBIs, 26 extra-base hits, 42 runs, 43 walks, and 123 total bases.
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151025-9900MaryKayAsh
Mary Kay Ash founded Mary Kay Cosmetics in 1965. After WWII she divorced her first husband, and went to work for Stanley Home Products. She subsequently was passed over for promotion in favor of a man she had trained. She retired in 1963 and intended to write a book to assist women in business, but the book turned into a business plan for her ideal company. She and new husband, George, planned to start Beauty by Mary Kay, however he died one month before it got going. Mary Kay then started up Mary Kay Cosmetics in Dallas using a loan from her son.
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151025-9902HenryWade
Henry Wade was a Texas lawyer who served as District Attorney of Dallas 1951-1987. He participated in two notable US court cases - the prosecution of Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and the Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion in Roe v. Wade. In addition, Wade was District Attorney when Randall Dale Adams, the subject of the documentary film The Thin Blue Line, was convicted in the murder of Robert Wood, a Dallas police officer. He was also the longest-serving district attorney in US history.
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151025-9906JDTippit
J. D. Tippit was an 11-year veteran with the Dallas Police Department. On November 22, 1963, Tippit was fatally shot on a Dallas street by Lee Harvey Oswald approximately 45 minutes after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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151025-9908StevieRayVaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan was a musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was considered one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of blues music, and one of the most important figures in the revival of blues in the 1980s. He gained fame after the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, and in 1983 his debut studio album, Texas Flood, charted at number 38. He headlined concert tours with Jeff Beck in 1989 and Joe Cocker in 1990 before his death in a helicopter crash.
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