- Andrew Walker
Andrew Walker is a British barrister and former deputy coroner for Hornsey, London. In June 2006 he was appointed on temporary contract as assistant deputy coroner in Oxfordshire, one of three temporary appointees to assist in reducing a backlog of inquests into the deaths of British military personnel overseas. - Michael Burgess
Michael Burgess is the coroner of The Queen's Household. He was appointed deputy coroner in 1991 and was appointed coroner in 2002. He was in charge into the inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed until July 2006 when he announced that he wished to stand down from the case due to a "heavy and constant" workload. He has been the Surrey coroner since 1986. - Harold Shipman
Harold Frederick Shipman (January 14, 1946-January 13, 2004) was an English general practitioner who was one of the most prolific known serial killers in modern history. He was better known, before his arrest, as Fred Shipman. He was convicted on 15 sample charges in 2000 and sentenced to 15 consecutive life sentences. He committed suicide in 2004 at HMP Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, without admitting or explaining his crimes. - James Miller
James Henry Dominic Miller (December 18, 1968 - May 2, 2003) was a Welsh cameraman, producer, and director, recognized with numerous awards. He often worked with Saira Shah, with whom he set up an independent production company called Frostbite Productions in 2001. He was killed by the Israel Defense Forces on May 2, 2003 while filming a documentary in Rafah. On April 6, 2006, an inquest jury at St Pancras Coroner's Court in London returned a verdict of unlawful killing, … - Dianne Brimble
Dianne Elizabeth Brimble was a 42-year-old mother of three from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She died within 24 hours of boarding the P&O Cruises cruise ship Pacific Sky on September 23, 2002, apparently due to ingesting a combination of alcohol and an overdose of the drug gamma-hydroxybutyrate, otherwise known as "GHB" or "fantasy". According to news reports, security staff on the cruise ship were initially told Mrs Brimble had died of a heart attack, … - Kimberly Rogers
Kimberly Rogers was a Canadian woman, whose death in 2001 while under house arrest for welfare fraud caused extensive controversy around Ontario Works, the Ontario government's welfare system, leading to an inquest which recommended significant changes to the system. A resident of Sudbury, Ontario, Rogers, who was unable to work full-time due to health issues, was receiving standard Ontario welfare benefits of $520 per month, while paying $450 per month in rent. - Roberto Calvi
Roberto Calvi was an Italian banker dubbed by the press as "God's Banker", due to his close association with the Vatican. A native of Milan, Calvi was the chairman of Banco Ambrosiano which collapsed in one of modern Italy's biggest political scandals, and his death in London in June 1982 has been the source of enduring controversy. Calvi's death was ruled as murder after two coroner's inquests and an independent investigation, … - Pearse Jordan
Pearse Jordan was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) member/Volunteer killed whilst unarmed, by an RUC officer. In 2001, the European Court of Human Rights ordered the British Government to pay fines to the families of several IRA men, including Jordan's, after holding that the men's human rights were violated by flawed inquest procedures. Following this judgment, the British law regarding inquests was changed. - Jaidyn Leskie
Jaidyn Raymond Leskie (April 30, 1996 - June 15, 1997) was the Australian child of Bilynda Williams. He was kidnapped at age 14 months whilst under the care of a babysitter, Williams' then boyfriend Greg Domaszewicz, from Domaszewicz's house in Moe, Victoria in 1997, which led to the biggest search for a missing person in the Australia since the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt in 1967. The body of Leskie was later recovered from Blue Rock Dam, … - Abe Vigoda
Abe Vigoda (born Abraham Charles Vigodah on February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor. Vigoda was born in New York City to Lena and Samuel Vigodah, Jewish immigrants from Russia. Vigoda gained fame through his supporting character roles, notably as mobster Sal Tessio in the 1972 movie "The Godfather". He later played Detective Sgt. Fish on the television series "Barney Miller" and its spinoff "Fish". - Lee Balkwell
Lee Balkwell was a 33-year-old man who died in mysterious circumstances at Baldwin's Farm, Dennises Lane, Upminster, in the early hours of 18 July 2002. As of 3 June 2007, the inquest in the case has yet to be heard. It is due to be heard in October by Caroline Beasley-Murray, the same Coroner who returned an 'open verdict' in 2002 in the case of Stuart Lubbock, the 31-year-old found dead at Michael Barrymore's home in March 2001. - Tomás Mac Curtain
Tomás Mac Curtain was a Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland. He was elected in January of 1920. He was born at Ballyknockane in the Parish of Mourne Abbey in March 1884. He attended Burnfort National School.Mac Curtain became active in numerous cultural and political movements from the turn of the nineteenth century when he joined the Blackpool, Cork branch of Conradh na Gaeilge, becoming its secretary in 1902. He had diverse interests in music, poetry, history, … - Lars Pearson
Lars Pearson is the owner/publisher of Mad Norwegian, a publishing company specializing in reference guides to television shows including "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", "Angel" and "Doctor Who", plus the "Faction Paradox" range of novels. The son of Leslie Pearson, an Air Force Captain who served in World War II, Pearson was raised in Iowa but later moved to New Orleans. He and his fiancée later eloped to the French Quarter there. - Robert Trimbole
Robert Trimbole was an Italian-Australian businessman, alleged drug baron and organized crime boss whose alleged involvement in the disappearance of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay and involvement in drug trafficking in the Griffith, New South Wales area, led to a Royal Commission, a Coroner's inquest and an international chase by the Australian Federal Government seeking his arrest and capture after his escape to Ireland. - Jack Mills
Jack Mills was the driver of the train that was the centrepiece of the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He got on the train at the driver change-over at Crewe station, in Cheshire, on the train's journey to London Euston station, a journey that would take the train through Buckinghamshire, where the gang of robbers was waiting for it. In Buckinghamshire, Mills approached the set of two signals that were normally both green. - Colin Roach
Colin Roach was a black man who died after receiving a fatal gunshot wound in 1983 while in the custody of British police. Authorities alleged that Roach committed suicide after entering the Stoke Newington Police Station. Many believed that there was reason to doubt this story and instead argued that Roach was murdered by police. The police surgeon who was called to Roach's corpse in the foyer of the police station said that the body position was inconsistent with suicide. - Milton K. Ozaki
Milton K. Ozaki (June 14, 1913 - November 7, 1989) was a journalist and reporter and the author of approximately two dozen popular mid-20th Century detective novels under both his given name and the pseudonym Robert O. Saber. Ozaki and his wife Dolores B. Ozaki lived at 6314 Fifth Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His novels are set in the fictional, mid-sized southeastern-Wisconsin city of Stillwell, Wisconsin, which is actually a barely-disguised Kenosha. - Jeannie Saffin
Jeannie Saffin was an alleged victim of spontaneous human combustion. The case of Jeannie Saffin is one of the rare examples of someone allegedly spontaneously combusting in front of witnesses, surviving for a brief period, and the case being investigated by ambulance staff and the law enforcement officers (in this case, the Metropolitan Police). - Charlotte Long
Charlotte Helen Long (9 October 1965 - 6 October 1984) was a minor British actress, the youngest daughter of the 4th Viscount Long. She attended Fitzmaurice Grammar School until its closure in 1980 and then St Laurence Comprehensive School, both in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. Long played "Alison" in the television adaptations of Peter Glidewell's "Schoolgirl Chums" and "St. Ursula's in Danger" in 1982 and '83 respectively. - Elizabeth Butler-Sloss Baroness Butler-Sloss
Anne Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, GBE, PC, (born 10 August 1933) is a retired British judge, now Deputy Coroner of the Queen's Household and until June 2007, is overseeing the long-delayed inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Born Anne Elizabeth Oldfield Havers, her father was judge Sir Cecil Havers. She was sister to the late Lord Chancellor the Lord Havers, and is aunt to his son, actor Nigel Havers. - Jacqueline Fitzsimon
Jacqueline Fitzsimon is an alleged victim of spontaneous human combustion. On 8 January, 1985, 17-year-old Jacqueline Fitzsimon caught fire with no apparent cause at Halton Technical College, Widnes, Cheshire, England. She subsequently died, apparently of delayed shock. Jacqueline was a cookery student, hoping for a career in catering and had just finished a lesson. She was still wearing her cotton catering jacket, … - John Henderson Stewart
Sir John Henderson Stewart, 1st Baronet (c.1880-6 February 1924) was a Scottish whisky distiller. Stewart was sole partner of Alexander Stewart & Son, whisky distillers, of Dundee, and was also deputy chairman of Sheffield Steel Products. He was created a baronet in the 1920 Birthday Honours. On 7 February 1924 his body was discovered at Fingask Castle, his Perthshire home, by two businessmen who had come for a meeting with him. He had been shot through the head. - Frederic Defrouville
Frederick Defrouville (c. 1850 - April 4, 1883) murdered his wife, Andrea Defrouville, nee Andrea Marie Wolstrup, on April 4, 1883 in Washington, D. C., and then took his own life. Like many such events of murder or suicide, suspected marital infidelity was the motivating factor. At the time of the murder/suicide, Frederick Defrouville was a clerk in the Agriculture Dept. and his wife was also employed in the Department of Agriculture as a translator, … - Jeff Franzmann
Jeff Franzmann (born March 3 1973) is a fantasy and science fiction author from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada who gained a small degree of notoriety on the newsgroup alt.gothic for his incendiary posting style. Franzmann's first published works were the result of a popular series of articles written on a Usenet newsgroup dedicated to the collectible trading card game Magic: The Gathering. These online articles spawned the popular Single Card Strategies series. - Leslie Wilkinson
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Kelly Rowan (born October 26, 1967 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress well known for her modelling career and her popular character Kirsten Cohen on the FOX TV series "The O.C." She began modeling in her college years to earn extra cash, becoming involved in acting while working in commercials. A graduate of Toronto's Northern Secondary School, as well as a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, … - Morris Panych
Morris Panych (born 1952) is a Canadian playwright, director and actor. Panych was born in Calgary and grew up in Edmonton. He studied at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and the University of British Columbia. His plays include "Girl in the Goldfish Bowl" (2003), "Vigil" (adapted for the British stage as "Auntie and Me"), "The Ends of the Earth", "Earshot", "7 Stories", and "Dishwashers". - Colin Cunningham
Colin Cunningham (born 20 August 1967 in California, USA) is an American television and film actor, now living in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his recurring role on "Stargate SG-1" as USAF Major Paul Davis. Another major role was his portrayal of Brian Curtis, a crooked cop in the popular award winning Canadian series "Da Vinci's Inquest". He reprised the Brian Curtis role in the 2006 sequel series, "Da Vinci's City Hall". - Stephen Surjik
Stephen Surjik is a Canadian film and television director mostly working in television. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1960, he studied at the Concordia University in Montréal and received a Best Director award at the "13th Canadian Student Film & Video Festival" in 1981 for "Second story man". After working as production designer and art director in the mid-80s, he moved on, directing for the series "Kids in the Hall". - Nicholas Campbell
Nicholas Campbell (b. 24 March 1952, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, who has won several Gemini Awards for acting. Movies "Naked Lunch", "Prozac Nation" and the TV series "Da Vinci's Inquest" are some examples of his acting work. - Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond (born August 10, 1969 in Salmon Arm, BC) is a Canadian actor. A graduate of the acclaimed Studio 58, he started out as a theatre actor, but eventually found himself moving into voice acting full time. He is one of the most well-known voice actors in recent history. Based out of Vancouver, BC, Brian works with The Ocean Group on various animated programs. - Fred Ewanuick
Fred Ewanuick is a cast member of the Canadian television series "Corner Gas". His character, Hank Yarbo, is Brent's best friend. Hank is the (mostly) lovable town idiot. Born in June 23rd, 1971, Fred was raised in Port Moody.He subsequently trained for four years with acting coach Shea Hampton, with whom he continues to study with in Edmonton, AB, where he lives. - Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson (born September 8, 1978) is a freelance audio engineer and record producer based in Montreal, Canada. He has contributed to, among others, Islands, Arcade Fire, Ballast, Bell Orchestre, SoCalled, Alden Penner, the The Hamster Cage (2005) film score, as well as the television program Da Vinci's Inquest. Notably, he was the audio engineer and record producer of The Unicorns' "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?" for Alien8 Recordings. - Peter Williams
Peter Williams (born) is a Jamaican-born actor currently residing in Canada. The majority of his work has been in television, including the role of the primary villain Apophis in the first four seasons of "Stargate SG-1." However, he he also appeared on the big screen in films such as "Catwoman" and "Chronicles of Riddick." His brother Stephen is also in the entertainment business, … - Matthew Bennett
Matthew Ray Bennett (born April 9, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor. At the age of 20 he moved from his hometown to Vancouver to pursue an acting career. He studied theater school for two years and after that acted in TV series like The "X-Files" and "The Commish" and telefilms like "A Killer Among Friends", "Anything for Love" and "Relentless: Mind of a Killer". - Tony Alcantar
Tony Alcantar is an American actor and currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is best known for his improv work with the Wind City Women Improv Troupe. Tony Alcantar toured and performed with The Second City in both Toronto and London, Ontario. While there, the Edmonton Journal dubbed him, "A bright young comic; a standout for his physical humor". The Meaford Express called him, "The funniest man in summer theatre", … - Joy Coghill
Joy Coghill, O.C., (born 1926 in Findlater, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian actor, director, and writer. She and Myra Benson founded Canada's first children's theatre company, Holiday Theatre. In 1994, Coghill founded Western Gold, a theatre company for older professional actors. She holds honorary degrees from SFU and UBC. She has been married to Jack Thorne since 1955. Her best known work is "Song of This Place", a play about the Canadian artist Emily Carr. - Emily Perkins
Emily Jean Perkins (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has appeared in various Canadian and American movies and television series. As a child actress, she was most notably recognized for her portrayal in three made for television movies: 1989's "Small Sacrifices", opposite Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal and John Shea, 1990's "Anything to Survive", where she was the sister of Matt Le Blanc, …
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