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Roy Claxton Acuff (1903-1992) —
also known as Roy Acuff; "The King of Country
Music" —
of Tennessee.
Born in Maynardville, Union
County, Tenn., September
15, 1903.
Son of Simon E. Neill Acuff and Ida (Carr) Acuff.
Republican. Country
musician; co-founder of Acuff-Rose Publication Company, the first
country music publishing
house; appeared in seven Hollywood movies in the 1940s; owner
and operator of Dunbar Cave Hotel
near Nashville; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1948.
Elected to Country Music Hall of
Fame, 1962.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
23, 1992 (age 89 years, 69
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Michael Curb (b. 1944) —
also known as Mike Curb —
of California; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
24, 1944.
Republican. Musician;
record company executive; race car
owner; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1979-83; defeated, 1986; candidate in
primary for Governor of
California, 1982.
The Curb Event Center at Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn., is named for
him. In 2003, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2009.
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Willie Gathrel Hefner (b. 1930) —
also known as W. G. 'Bill' Hefner —
of Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., April 11,
1930.
Democrat. Owner and president, radio
station WRKB, Kannapolis, N.C.; Gospel music
singer with Harvester's Quartet, 1954-67; television
performer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1975-99;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Karl de Giers MacVitty (1883-1959) —
also known as Karl MacVitty —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
27, 1883.
Son of Frank Dow MacVitty and Kateryn (de Giers) MacVitty.
Newspaper
reporter; theatrical manager; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-19; Belfast, 1919; Nassau, 1919-20; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1920; Sydney, 1921; Auckland, 1921-22; Teheran, 1925; Stockholm, 1926-27; Leghorn, 1928-29, 1929; Malta, 1929; Nairobi, 1932; Sofia, 1938; Nouméa, 1942; U.S. Consul General in Nouméa, 1942; Alexandria, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1959
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred Dalton Thompson (b. 1942) —
also known as Fred Thompson —
of Tennessee.
Born in Sheffield, Colbert
County, Ala., August
19, 1942.
Son of Fletcher Thompson (died 1990) and Ruth Thompson.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1994-; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 2008.
Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Became an actor when he played himself in the 1985 film
Marie, and went on to appear in other films in 1985-94,
including No Way Out, The Hunt for Red October, Cape
Fear, and In the Line of Fire, as well as the television
series Law and Order.
Still living as of 2009.
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