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* D ' Arcy McGee, former Young Irelander, Father of Canadian Confederation who was assassinated for his criticism of the Fenian raids on Canada.
American McGee was a level designer for Doom II, The Ultimate Doom, Quake, and Quake II.
The Redskins defense was led by 6-foot-7 296-pound defensive tackle Dave Butz, who anchored the line, along with defensive ends Dexter Manley and Tony McGee, who each recorded 6. 5 sacks.
Framestore was founded in 1986 by Sharon Reed, William Sargent, Jonathan Hills, Mike McGee and Alison Turner.
He was also cast in the title role in Oliver Stone's film Travis McGee, in which he is expected to play a salvage consultant who helps his clients to recover lost property, and is attached to star as a father who kidnaps and tortures the man who kidnapped his daughter in the thriller Prisoners.
Cooder's spot was eventually filled for a short spell by Gerry McGee, who had played with The Monkees.
According to French the band did two gigs with McGee, one of which was at The Peppermint Twist near Long Beach.
McGee was in the group long enough to have an outfit made by a Santa Monica boutique that also created the gear worn by the band on the Strictly Personal cover stamps.
Other notable guest stars included: Cesar Romero as Chico's absentee father ; Tony Orlando as Chico's look-alike, the ex-fiance of a hostile woman he wants to date ; José Feliciano, who wrote the theme song, as Chico's womanizing famous-singer cousin Pepe Fernando ; Sammy Davis Jr. as himself ; Herbie Faye appeared as Bernie in the 1975 episode " Louie's Retirement "; Shelley Winters ( reuniting with Albertson, with whom she'd costarred in The Poseidon Adventure ) as the owner of the local bakery, Shirley Schrift ( her real name ); Jim Backus as Ed's friend who uses him as a " beard "— pretending to be playing cards with him when cheating on his wife ( Audra Lindley ); silent-film actress Carmel Myers as a former star who has fallen on hard times, brings in her car for repairs, and stays in the garage while looking for work ; George Takei as Ed's supposed long-lost son from his time in Japan during World War II ; Cesare Danova as Aunt Connie's Spanish aristocrat boyfriend, the Count de Catalan, in the second episode in which she appeared ; comedian Joey Bishop as an inept robber ; Bernie Kopell as a plastic surgeon ; Rose Marie as a CB radio enthusiast with whom a lonely Ed connects on New Year's Eve ; Penny Marshall, as a waitress ; football star Rosey Grier as himself, Della's date for a charity benefit dance ; Larry Hovis as a customer in the second episode of the first season ; and Jim Jordan ( of radio's Fibber McGee and Molly ) as a mechanic who used to be a big businessman, until he was victimized by his own company's retirement-age mandate ).
Another schoolfriend was Alan McGee, who took Gillespie to his first gig, a Thin Lizzy concert.
The band was short-lived, and Innes and McGee relocated to London while Gillespie chose to remain in Glasgow.
This lineup was signed to Creation Records, an independent record label founded by Alan McGee, and recorded the group's debut single, " All Fall Down ", which received positive reviews.
D ' Arcy McGee was one of the few Canadian delegates who had been to the Maritimes, when he had gone down earlier that summer with a trade mission of Canadian businessmen, journalists and politicians.
More laughter was generated on such shows as Abbott and Costello, Amos ' n ' Andy, Burns and Allen, Easy Aces, Ethel and Albert, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Goldbergs, The Great Gildersleeve, The Halls of Ivy ( which featured screen star Ronald Colman and his wife Benita Hume ), Meet Corliss Archer, Meet Millie, and Our Miss Brooks.
They regarded Quinn's contribution as important and included him as a full partner ; the salary for Smackout and Fibber McGee and Molly was split between the Jordans and Quinn.
The show was retitled Fibber McGee and Company during this interregnum, with scripts cleverly working around Molly's absence ( Fibber making a speech at a convention, etc .).
Fibber McGee and Molly was one of the earliest radio comedies to use regular characters, nearly all of whom had recurring phrases and running gags.
When someone told a man named Addison that McGee was a glib talker, McGee became known as " Ad Glib McGee.
" Or, when Fibber made expressions with his eyes, he was nicknamed " Eyes-a-muggin ' McGee " ( a play on the popular Andy Kirk swing tune " I ' se A-muggin '").
Mentioned for a time on the program was Otis Cadwallader, who was a schoolmate of Fibber and Molly in Peoria and Molly's boyfriend before McGee.
According to McGee, " I was named after my fourth cousin, Walpole J. Fimmer ... but the minister who christened me had a cold in his head.
" I gotta get that closet cleaned out one of these days " was the usual McGee observation once the racket subsided.

McGee and awarded
Creation Records was awarded ' Independent Label of the Year ' every year between 1995 and 1998 by Music Week, and McGee was awarded by the NME ' Godlike Genius ' award in February 1995.
In The Lonely Silver Rain he visits a bank safe-deposit box in which he keeps a few precious keepsakes including photos of his father, mother, and brother, and mentions that the box also contains his Silver Star, Purple Heart, and honorable discharge certificate, all awarded by the U. S. Army to " Sergeant McGee ".
Lewis McGee VC ( 13 May 1888 – 12 October 1917 ) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry " in the face of the enemy " that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.
As a sergeant in the Australian Imperial Force, McGee was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Battle of Broodseinde — part of the Passchendaele offensive — on 4 October 1917.
As a result of his actions at Broodseinde, McGee was awarded the Victoria Cross, one of two Australians to be so decorated that day.
In that case, Doctor McGee sues his malpractice insurer for coverage of the damages awarded in the original lawsuit.
All-American honors awarded to relay members Kelnesha Hinnant, Olivia Hutchins, Cierra McGee and Marlena Wesh.
Relay team members Olivia Hutchins, Leah Brown, Cierra McGee, and Marlena Wesh were awarded gold watches and advanced to the Championship of America.
He was awarded $ 500, 000 for being the last remaining HouseGuests, beating out nine other contestants .< ref > McGee, an amputee who lost his left leg to cancer at the age of eleven, has been involved in the sport of wheelchair basketball and has also achieved notoriety as a character actor in a number of television and film appearances which portray active amputees in mainstream roles.

McGee and by
* 1868 – Thomas D ' Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician.
* Creation Records, a record label created in 1983 by Alan McGee
* " Nemo ", a song by Umphrey's McGee from their album Safety in Numbers
Smith drove in the series ' first run by hitting a sacrifice fly that scored McGee in Game 1, ultimately going five for nine in St. Louis ' three-game series sweep.
The level and scenarios were designed by American McGee, Sandy Petersen, John Romero and Tim Willits.
" Washington Post reporter Suzanne McGee called for Wall Street to make a sort of public apology to the nation, and expressed dismay that people such as Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein hadn't expressed contrition despite being sued by the SEC in 2009.
In August, guitarist Jeff Cotton filled the guitar spot vacated, in turn, by Cooder and McGee.
McGee and Gillespie were heavily influenced by punk rock, and they joined a local punk band, The Drains, in 1978.
The band were first introduced to the acid house scene by McGee in 1988.
A good thing, too: in one famous instance, when a burglar ( played by Bob Bruce ) tied up McGee, McGee informed him cannily that the family's silver was " right through that door, bud ... just yank it open, bud!
Just after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Jim Jordan, out of character, soberly ended the Fibber McGee show by inviting the studio audience to sing " America ".
* In The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, a 1971 TV movie that served as a pilot for the series The Waltons, Grandpa ( played by Edgar Bergen ) is seen listening to a 1947 Christmas episode of Fibber McGee and Molly, in which Teeny explains that she and her friends have been practicing their Christmas carol.
As other commissioners retired they were succeeded by David E. Moore, William H. Lyon, Thomas McGee, and George N. Stewart.
Oak Park was formed from ranchland owned by Cosmo Stevens and Marian Jordan, stars of the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly.
In 1852, lots on which to build a church were donated by Daniel R. Gandy to Anthony McGee and Noah Martin, trustees of the Baptist denomination.
McGee escaped the country by steamship and returned to the United States.
Moderating his radical Irish nationalist views, McGee denounced the Fenian Brotherhood in America that advocated a forcible takeover of Canada from Britain by the United States.

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