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- Music Artist
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He was the fourth of seven children born to Clement and Mildred Mathis. His father performed briefly in vaudeville and exposed all of the Mathis siblings to music. Before he entered his teens, young John received vocal lessons from Connie Cox in exchange for performing chores around her home. When he entered San Francisco State College he originally had planned to become a physical education instructor. At San Francisco State he broke classmate and basketball great Bill Russell's high jump record. While in college he began performing at a small local bar called The International Settlement, where he met performers Maya Angelou and Joan Weldon. Later performances at a club called The Blackhawk caught the attention of Columbia Records producer George Avakian. When Avakian called for Mathis to make his first recording, the young singer and then college track star had to make a unique decision: whether to record or to tryout for the 1956 Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. He chose to make his first single "Wonderful, Wonderful". To date he has recorded over 80 albums selling millions of albums worldwide More than 60 of his albums have been certified gold and/or platinum. "Heavenly" alone remained on the pop charts for 295 weeks. His 1958 album "Johnny's Greatest Hits" began "Greatest Hits" tradition copied by every record company since then. This album spent an unprecedented 490 continuous weeks (almost ten years) on the Billboard Top Albums Chart, and garnered notation in the Guinness Book Of World Records. For over 6 decades Mathis has continued to record, musically evolve, and perform at the world's most prestigious venues, earning a permanent place in American music history.- Actor
- Composer
- Writer
Don Henley was born on 22 July 1947 in Gilmer, Texas, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for In America (2002), Space Cowboys (2000) and Vertical Limit (2000). He has been married to Sharon Summerall since 20 May 1995. They have three children.- Chris Ryan was born on 11 May 1972 in Gilmer, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for From the Dark (2009), Black Clover (2017) and Paladins: Champions of the Realm (2016). He has been married to Nicole Mitchell since 31 July 2009. He was previously married to Kimberly Dew.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
- Script and Continuity Department
Jenny Nolan was born on 18 August 1973 in Gilmer, Texas, USA. She is an assistant director, known for Minority Report (2002), Ready Player One (2018) and War of the Worlds (2005).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Freddie King was born on 3 September 1934 in Gilmer, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Legend (2015), The D Train (2015) and Jimi Hendrix: The Guitar Hero (2010). He was married to Jessie Burnett. He died on 28 December 1976 in Dallas, Texas, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Diane Fisher was born on 16 July 1932 in Gilmer, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Young People (1940), The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) and Swanee River (1939). She died on 29 July 2008 in Fairview, Oklahoma, USA.- Professor Emeritus of Surgery Dr. Robert McClelland, provided emergency care to President John F. Kennedy. He was thrown forever into the historical spotlight at the age of 34 when he was called into the emergency room at Parkland to care for President Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. He graduated summa cum laude from UT Austin in 1950 and attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch, receiving his medical doctorate in 1954. He served as a U.S. Air Force officer stationed in Germany and completed a residency at Parkland before joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 1962. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. McClelland became the first holder of the Alvin Baldwin, Jr. Chair in Surgery at UT Southwestern, an endowment designed to support surgical education. In 2009, the Department renamed surgical rotations to honor Dr. McClelland, and the McClelland Lectureship is named for him by the Parkland Surgical Society. In addition, he is an Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus at the UT Medical Branch in Galveston.
- Louis Wright was born on 31 January 1953 in Gilmer, Texas, USA.
- Roy Hopkins was born on 18 February 1945 in Gilmer, Texas, USA. He died on 29 November 1996 in the USA.
- Dee Mackey was born on 16 October 1934 in Gilmer, Texas, USA. He died on 26 February 2001 in Gladewater, Texas, USA.