List of Famous Dead People: Category - Media
Ignatow was a resident of Louisville, Kentucky who is famous for murdering his fiancée, Brenda Sue Schaefer in 1988. What makes him famous is that he was initially acquitted of the murder charges… but later evidence proved his guilt, but under the legal principle of double jeopardy, he couldn’t be tried a second time for [...]
Leroy Sievers was a celebrated journalist who worked for NPR, CBS News, and ABC’s Nightline for which he was a producer. He won 12 Emmy awards as well as two Peabody Awards. In his later years, once he found out that he had cancer, he ran a blog and a podcast on the NPR website in [...]
Elzie Crisler Segar was a cartoonist whose claim to fame was being the creator of everybody’s favorite spinach-eating seaman Popeye the Sailor Man. Segar’s Popeye cartoon originally appeared in 1929 in the “Thimble Theatre” comic section of the New York Journal. Interestingly enough, Segar had been contributing cartoons to this publication for a decade prior to Popeye’s [...]
Mervyn Edward “Merv” Griffin, Jr. is probably best known for his talk show, The Merv Griffin Show that ran for 21 years winning 11 Emmy awards. Griffin was also a singer in his younger days, and even appeared on broadway and in movies. He had his share of business ventures as well investing in real estate, hotels, [...]
William Maxwell Gaines spent his early adult life in the Army as World War II started. He then became the publisher and co-editor of EC Comics which started out adapting Bible Stories then went on to publish titles like Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, the Vault of Horror (and other horror titles - sometimes adapting [...]
Allen was the second tallest living woman according to Guinness World Records at 7’ 7 ¼ inches. Her abnormal stature was a result of a tumor in her pituitary gland that caused the uncontrollable release of the growth hormone. At the age of 22 she underwent surgery to stop the excessive growing. Without the surgery she [...]
Eugene “Gene” Kal Siskel was a movie critic famous as half of the duo Siskel and Ebert. They began their career together on a Chicago PBS station and went through various incarnations of their show on various networks. He and Roger Ebert are famous for the thumbs up/down movie scoring system.
JonBenét Ramsey was a child beauty pageant contestant made famous by her murder and excessive media coverage. Ramsey held a number of beauty pageant titles such as America’s Royal Miss, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, Little Miss Charlevoix Michigan, Little Miss Merry Christmas, Little Miss Sunburst, and National Tiny Miss Beauty.
Harry Christopher “Skip” Caray, Jr. was the son of famed Cubby broadcaster Harry Caray, and was also a broadcaster himself, for the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball Team. Skip called Braves games from 1976 until his passing, including the 1995 World Series between the Braves and the Cleveland Indians.
Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. was a former college teacher turned cult leader and self proclaimed reincarnation of Jesus Christ. In his earlier days Applewhite wrote about outer space, aliens, and other galaxies. He would then share his insane ramblings during his lectures. According to his former students, Applewhite believed that life existed in other galaxies. Applewhite started [...]
Tim Russert was best known as the longest-serving moderator of the NBC News program “Meet the Press”. He also appeared frequently on the Today Show and Hardball, and had his own show on CNBC/MSNBC. His work primarily focused on politics, but he was also an avid fan of the Yankees and the Buffalo Bills. In 2008, Time [...]
Christine Chubbuck was a televsion news anchor in Sarasota, Florida who had battled depression for years before ultimately taking her own life on her own program. Before the notorious on-air suicide, she was able to bring some good to the world. She volunteered at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, giving puppet shows to developmentally disabled children.
Les Crane was a grammy-winning radio announcer and television talk show host from the San Francisco area. Popular radio personality Casey Kasem credits Crane and station owner John Barrett for originally coming up with the Top 40 that became Kasem’s staple. Crane’s talk show was ABC’s late night answer to Johnny Carson in the 60s. His [...]
Photographer of “The Associated Press”. He won the pulitzer price for his famous image of American soldiers raising the flag on Iwo Jima in War World II. The picture was taken in February 23, 1945 on Mount Suribachi.
Italian journalist, interviewer, and writer. She wrote several books and articles, but she was best known for her abrasive interviews to world leaders and celebrities. Fallaci also covered several wars, like Vietnam, as a war correspondent.
One of the most famous defense attorneys in America. Best known for defending O.J. Simpson in his murder trial. He also represented several celebrities, like Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Puff Daddy and others.
Harry Caray, who was born Harry Christopher Carabina is one of the most famous and loved baseball commentators of all time. He began in 1945 calling games for the St. Louis Cardinals and also went on to do games for the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, but younger generations will remember him most for [...]