John g. avildsen son
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John G. Avildsen
American film director (1935–2017)
John G. Avildsen | |
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Avildsen in 1975 | |
| Born | John Guilbert Avildsen (1935-12-21)December 21, 1935 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 16, 2017(2017-06-16) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Johnny Avildsen |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1969–2017 |
| Spouses |
Tracy Brooks Swope (m. 1987; sep. 2006) |
| Children | 6, including Ash |
John Guilbert Avildsen (December 21, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American film director.
He is best known for directing Rocky (1976), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Director. He is also renowned for directing the first three films in The Karate Kid franchise (1984–1989). Other films he directed include Joe (1970), Save the Tiger (1973), The Formula (1980), Neighbors (1981), Lean on Me (1989), Rocky V (1990), 8 Seconds (1994), and Inferno (1999).
Early life
Avildsen was born in Oa
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John G. Neihardt
Born on January 8, 1881, in Sharpsburg, Illinois, to Nicholas and Alice Neihardt, 11-year-old John Neihardt moved to Wayne, Nebraska, in 1891, with his mother and two sisters. He had also lived in a sod house in northwestern Kansas and in the Missouri River town of Kansas City.
This exposure to the richness and variety of life on the plains shaped the direction of his life work. But Neihardt himself pointed to a fever dream he had at age 12, in which he saw himself floating through space and felt the presence of a "spirit brother," as the event that determined his life work as a poet and inspired the content of that work.
While living in Wayne, John’s mother Alice worked as a seamstress. One of her clients was the family of James Pile, first president of Nebraska Normal College (now Wayne State College). Mr. Pile recognized John’s precociousness and hired him as the campus bell ringer so that he could pay his tuition. The first bell was at 6:30 a.m., and then twice every 50 minutes until 6:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Neihardt graduated with his teaching degree a
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Healing and Revival
John Graham Lake was born on March 18, 1870 in Ontario, Canada. When he was small his family moved to Michigan, in the United States. While he was still young, Lake attended a Salvation Army meeting and became convicted of his need for a savior, and he invited Jesus to become Lord of life. Lake was incredibly impacted by illness. He was one of sixteen children, and over the course of his young life eight of them died. He grew to hate the sickness, grief, and death that was so much a part of his family life.
Lake felt a call to the ministry, and studied to become a Methodist minister. He took to heart the Methodist teaching on sanctification and sought it passionately. When his studies were done, however, he made a decision to go into business and start a newspaper in Illinois. Then he moved back to Michigan and began a career in real estate. He met Jennie Stevens and married her.
Sickness still continued to hound Lake. His brother was an invalid, one sister had extensive cancer, another sister had bleeding problems, and his wife had tub
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