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* Gary Webb – investigative journalist whose work disclosed the role of the CIA, via the Nicaragua Contras, in bringing crack cocaine into Los Angeles
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In August 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb published a series titled Dark Alliance, alleging that the contras contributed to the rise of crack cocaine in California.
Some well-known punks have had biographical films made about them, such as Sid and Nancy, which tells the story of the Sex Pistols ' bassist Sid Vicious ( portrayed by Gary Oldman ) and Nancy Spungen ( portrayed by Chloe Webb ).
In August 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb published a series titled Dark Alliance, linking the origins of crack cocaine in California ( largely aimed at its African-American population ) to the CIA-Contra alliance.
Gary Numan ( born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958 ) is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits " Are ' Friends ' Electric?
Born in Hammersmith, Gary Anthony James Webb was the son of a British Airways bus driver based at Heathrow Airport.
*" The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations ", by Gary Webb, National Security Archive, George Washington University, August 1996.
Some of the most famous included Larry Storch, Dallas McKennon ( best known as the voice of Archie in the Archie cartoon and as Cincinnatus, in the Daniel Boone TV series ), Adam West and Burt Ward ( who recreated their roles as " Batman and Robin " from their 1960s live-action series for Filmation's 1977 animated incarnation ), Jane Webb, and good friends and colleagues Ed Asner and Linda Gary ( Gary voiced a majority of Filmation's work in the 1980s ), along with John Erwin ( voice of Reggie Mantle, and later the voice of He-Man ), Alan Oppenheimer ( character actor in TV and film ), Ted Knight, George DiCenzo ( John BlackStar, Hordak, Bow on She-ra ), Melendy Britt, Howard Morris, Pat Fraley, Charlie Adler, Ed Gilbert, Susan Blu, Erika Scheimer ( daughter of Lou Scheimer ), and even Lou Scheimer himself ( either uncredited, or under the pseudonym of " Erik ( sometimes " Eric ") Gunden ").
It was during the Lexicon sessions that Horn first assembled the production team that would characterise and define the sound of a Horn production in the 1980s: Anne Dudley on keyboards and arrangements, Gary Langan ( later Stephen Lipson ) as chief engineer, J. J. Jeczalik on programming for the Fairlight CMI, backing vocalist Tessa Webb plus percussionist Luis Jardim.
The low point of her very brief tenure came on May 14, 1985 during George's interview with false rape accuser Cathleen Crowell Webb and the man whom she had falsely accused, Gary Dotson.
* Gary Webb ( 1955 – 2004 ) — investigated Contra-crack cocaine connection, published as Dark Alliance ( 1999 )
* Gary Numan ( also known as " Valerian "; birth name Gary Anthony James Webb ) – vocals, guitar, keyboards / synthesizers
Aged 19 years, Gary Webb had fronted London band Mean Street in 1976 ( their song " Bunch of Stiffs " appeared on the Live at the Vortex compilation, and was the B-side of the Vortex 7 ").
Soon afterwards, the Tubeway Army album was released on blue vinyl, at which point Webb adopted the name " Gary Numan ".
Several well-known players include Arnold Palmer, Lanny Wadkins, Darren Clarke, Jay Haas, Curtis Strange, Billy Andrade, Gary Halberg, Robert Wrenn, Scott Hoch, Webb Simpson, and Bill Haas.
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* 1960 – Cold War: in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
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