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Cheryl Tiegs was born on 25 September 1947 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for The Brown Bunny (2003), Moonlighting (1985) and Just Shoot Me! (1997). She was previously married to Rod Stryker, Tony Peck, Peter Beard and Stan Dragoti.- Stunts
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Dean Smith was raised in Eliasville, Texas, and later lived in Breckenridge, Texas, where he raised horses and longhorn cattle. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he competed in track and football. He won an Olympic gold medal for the 400-meter relay in the 1952 Helsinki games and finished fourth in the 100-dash in the closest race in Olympic history. He was the lead-off man on the University of Texas world record relay team, 1954-55, and AAU national champion in the 100-meter dash. He played with the Los Angeles Rams during exhibition season and was traded to the Pittsburg Steelers at which time he decided to enter the movie business. He also won amateur rodeo championships for bareback bronco riding and calf roping.
He was an honorary member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame (2006), the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (1985), Stuntman's Hall of Fame (1980), and the University of Texas Hall of Fame (1980). He was awarded the American Culture Award for Western Movies and Television (2000), the Golden Boot Award in 1998, the Ben Johnson Award in 1993, the All American Cowboy Award in 1997, and the Head of the Class Alvin Davis Award in 2002.
In 2002, he organized the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the Cowboy Cancer Crusade tribute to Ben Johnson, the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring John Wayne and, in 2006, the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring The Singing Cowboys in Abilene, Texas, the third weekend in October. On April 8, 2006, the John Wayne Cancer Institute honored him with the "Duke Award" for his contributions to cancer research.
In 2023, Dean Smith died of cancer, aged 91, in Breckenridge, Texas.- Actor
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Chuck Klosterman is an American author and essayist whose work focuses on American popular culture. He has been a columnist for Esquire and ESPN and wrote "The Ethicist" column for The New York Times Magazine. Chuck Klosterman is the author of eleven books, including two novels and the essay collection. He was awarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor award for music criticism in 2002.
Klosterman was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, the youngest of seven children of Florence and William Klosterman. He is of German and Polish descent. He grew up on a farm in nearby Wyndmere, North Dakota. He graduated from Wyndmere High School in 1990 and from the University of North Dakota in 1994.
After college, Klosterman was a journalist in Fargo, North Dakota, and later a reporter and arts critic for the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio, before moving to New York City in 2002. From 2002 to 2006, Klosterman was a senior writer and columnist for Spin. He has written for GQ, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, The Guardian, and The Washington Post. His magazine work has been anthologized in Da Capo Press's Best Music Writing, Best American Travel Writing, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Though initially recognized for his rock writing, Klosterman has written extensively about sports and began contributing articles to ESPN's Page 2 on November 8, 2005.
In 2012, Klosterman appeared in the documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012) on musical group LCD Soundsystem; Klosterman's extended interview with the group's frontman James Murphy is woven throughout the film.
In 2015, Klosterman appeared on episodes 6 and 7 of the first season of IFC show Documentary Now! as a music critic for the fictional band "The Blue Jean Committee".
His eighth book, titled I Wear the Black Hat, was published in 2013. It focuses on the paradox of villainy within a heavily mediated culture. His best-selling ninth book, But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past, was published June 7, 2016. It visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear in the future to those who will perceive it as the distant past.- Actor
- Writer
A long-time staple on Los Angeles TV news, Putnam was in the reporting business for over 60 years. During the 70s, George had a short-lived nightly talk show with co-host, actor Mort Sahl. The show ended abruptly one night when George, the conservative, and Mort, the liberal, became 'too heated' during a political debate. Putnam has been called upon several times to appear in movies as a news announcer, thus infusing a sense of authenticity. George ended his career as a conservative radio talk show host on KIEV-870 in the L.A. area until shortly before his death.- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Jason Snellman was born on 9 February 1983 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA. He is a director and producer, known for A Blue Shroud (2021), Shrinking (2023) and Knox Goes Away (2023).- Additional Crew
- Editorial Department
- Visual Effects
Cory L. McNeill was born on 7 December 1981 in Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Cory L. is known for Star Trek (2009), 2012 (2009) and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009).- Errol Mann was born on 27 June 1941 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA. He died on 11 April 2013 in Missoula, Montana, USA.
- Jim Northrup was born on 24 November 1939 in Breckenridge, Michigan, USA. He was married to Patty. He died on 8 June 2011 in Grand Blanc, Michigan, USA.
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Donald Hansard Sr. was born on 4 September 1925 in Breckenridge, Texas, USA. Donald is known for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), The Edge (1997) and Top Gun (1986). Donald was married to Gloria Carver. Donald died on 3 October 2010 in Bozeman, Montana, USA.- Visual Effects
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Bill Hansard Jr. was born on 30 August 1929 in Breckenridge, Texas, USA. Bill is known for Conspiracy Theory (1997), Inspector Gadget (1999) and The Phantom (1996). Bill died on 4 November 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Rodney Stockstad was born on 21 September 1943 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA. He died on 14 June 2017 in Cold Spring, Minnesota, USA.
- Heidi Heitkamp was born on 30 October 1955 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA. She is married to Darwin Lange. They have two children.
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- Actor
Jeff Cravath was born on 3 February 1903 in Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for The Spirit of Stanford (1942), Trouble Along the Way (1953) and Harmon of Michigan (1941). He was married to Margaret. He died on 10 December 1953 in Calexico, California, USA.- Homer Smith was born on 16 February 1922 in Breckenridge, Texas, USA. He died on 6 March 2011 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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David Myhra was born on 3 March 1939 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA. He is known for Hitler's Stealth Fighter (2009) and Undercover History: The Nazi Plan to Bomb New York (2002). He died on 6 December 2020 in Naples, Florida, USA.