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Ron Simmons (other)
Ron Simmons (born 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler and football player. Ron Simmons may also refer to: *Ron Simmons (politician) (born 1960), American former politician in Texas See also *Ronald Gene Simmons Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. (July 15, 1940 – June 25, 1990) was an American mass murderer and spree killer who killed 16 people over a week-long period in Arkansas in 1987. A retired military serviceman, Simmons murdered fourteen members of his ... (1940–1990), American mass murderer * Ron Simons (1960–2024), American actor and producer * Ronald Simons (other) {{hndis, Simmons, Ron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Simmons
Ronald Nasir Simmons (born May 15, 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler and football player. He performed for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) under his real name, and in the World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/E) under both his real name and the ring names Faarooq Asaad (sometimes spelled Asad) and Faarooq (sometimes spelled Farooq). In WCW, Simmons was a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion; as the first African American to win the title, he is recognized by WWE as the first Black world champion in professional wrestling history. He was also a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion with Butch Reed and a one-time WCW United States Tag Team Champion with Big Josh. He was one of the most prominent stars in the WWF in the early Attitude Era. In the WWF, he was a three-time WWF Tag Team Champion with Bradshaw as one half of the Acolytes Protection Agency. Simmons was a sporadic world titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Simmons (politician)
Ronald Ellis Simmons (born September 21, 1960) is an investment advisor from Carrollton, Texas, who is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 65 in suburban southeastern Denton County. Simmons lost his bid for a fourth term in the general election held on November 6, 2018. He polled 28,567 votes (48.9 percent) to 29,894 (51.1 percent) for his Democratic opponent, political newcomer and local business owner Michelle Beckley. Political life Simmons served on the House committees of (1) Appropriations, (2) Transportation, and (3) Local and Consent Calendars. In 2017, Simmons obtained House passage, 88–57, of his bill to abolish straight-ticket voting in Texas, a procedure still allowed in eight other states. With a straight ticket, a voter pulls one lever or touches one computer square to vote for all nominees of the same party. Most of the opponents of the legislation are Democratic, though straight-ticket Republican voters have constituted the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Gene Simmons
Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. (July 15, 1940 – June 25, 1990) was an American mass murderer and spree killer who killed 16 people over a week-long period in Arkansas in 1987. A retired military serviceman, Simmons murdered fourteen members of his family, including a daughter he had child sexual abuse, sexually abused and the child he had fathered with her, as well as a former co-worker, and a stranger; he also wounded four others. He is the most prolific mass murderer in Arkansas history. Simmons was sentenced to death sixteen times, and after refusing to appeal his sentence, was executed in Arkansas on June 25, 1990. His refusal to appeal was the subject of a 1990 Supreme Court Case, ''Whitmore v. Arkansas''. Early life and military career Ronald Gene Simmons was born on July 15, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, to Loretta and William Simmons. On January 31, 1943, William Simmons died of a stroke and within a year, Simmons's mother had remarried, this time to William D. Griffen, a civ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Simons
Ron Simons is an American actor and producer, and a four-time Tony Award winner. Career Simons has degrees in theater and computer science from Columbia University, and didn't go to drama school until he was 39. He also received a degree from Columbia Business School. He had wanted to go into acting since high school, but was unable to due to his living circumstances. " the only member of my family to have graduated college with retired grandparents and a mom who had me at a slightly older age, I felt the need to become the family breadwinner." He finally quit corporate business to enter film business at the age of 47. He further expanded into producing despite not being fully aware of what that position entailed. He would end up producing films such as '' Gun Hill Road'' and ''Blue Caprice'', but continue to act in projects along the way. In 2009 he founded SimonSays Entertainment; a production company that works to create film, television and stage productions that revolve ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
