Matriarch of Dallas' Von Erich wrestling family Doris Juanita Smith married in 1950 her Dallas Crozier Tech high school sweetheart Jack, who became wrestling's Fritz Von Erich, who died in 1997 tragically, five of their sons preceded her in death. Joe McCarthy during televised hearings.įormer death row inmate, one of the first from Dallas to be exonerated, released from prison in 1989 following an outcry brought on by the documentary The Thin Blue Line. Served as general counsel for the Army in the 1950s when he was nemesis to Sen. Oilman who was one of the founders of the American Football League in 1960 and owner of the Houston Oilers, he moved the franchise to Tennessee in 1997.
Longtime leader of Czech community in Dallas state director of the Czech Catholic Union of Texas for more than 20 years and honorary state director until his death. Oilfield firefighter for 50 years immortalized by John Wayne in the movie, The Hellfighters, based on his life. The first lady of Metroplex real estate, her 70-year-old company began with just her alone but grew to 1,700 sales associates and became the tenth largest real estate firm in the nation born Vera Lucille Koch in Leslie, Ark., she adopted Ebby Halliday as her professional name in the 1930s when she was in retail sales moved to Dallas in 1938 married for 27 years to ex-FBI agent and businessman Maurice Acers, who died in 1993 died in Dallas. One of heavy-metal's top guitarists, gained fame in 1990s with group Pantera Dalworthington Gardens resident was shot to death, along with four others, while performing in Columbus, Ohio.īusinessman who was the last of the 12 brothers and sisters who emigrated from Syria to start the Abraham dynasty in El Paso.
Twelve Texas A&M students died in collapse of campus bonfireįatalities from the fertilizer plant explosion in the north-central town of West.Īll had spent time training in Texas and were seen as Texas' own two had strong Texas ties, Rick Husband to Amarillo and William McCool to Lubbock shuttle broke apart over Texas.īenefactor of Southern Methodist University including $10 million in 1985.
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