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- List_of_people_from_Lake_Charles,_Louisiana abstract "Among the notable people from Lake Charles, Louisiana:Lynn Anderson, famous for the song "I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", was married to oilman Harold "Spook" Stream of Lake Charles; they lived on Shell Beach Drive in the city until their divorce.Lynda Benglis, a sculptor, born in Lake Charles.James Belton Bonsall, New Orleans abstract painter, attended McNeese State University (then McNeese Junior College) prior to induction into military service during World War II.Terry Burrows: Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres.James David Cain (b. 1938) is a former state senator and former state representative from Beauregard Parish whose district includes a part of Calcasieu Parish.Edward M. Carmouche (1921-1990) was a chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party from 1966 to 1968; an ally of U.S. President Lyndon B. JohnsonA. C. Clemons (1921–1992) was a trucking executive in Jefferson Davis Parish who was the first Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate since Reconstruction.Casey Daigle is a baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization and husband of softball star Jennie Finch. He graduated from Sulphur High School.Michael E. DeBakey, the world-renowned heart surgeon, was the first person to successfully implant an artificial heart in 1963, was born in Lake Charles and was a graduate of Lake Charles High School. He was a member of the Health Care Hall of Fame, a recipient of the United Nations Lifetime Achievement Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, and the National Medal of Science. Additionally, he was the originator of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or M.A.S.H. unit, concept.Andre Dubus, a well-known author and essayist, was born in Lake Charles and was educated at McNeese State University.Joe Dumars, is a former player and current General Manager for the Detroit Pistons, played for McNeese State University before going on to have a successful NBA career including being named the MVP of the 1989 NBA Finals. More recently, he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.David Filo, now a billionaire, was born in Wisconsin but raised partly in Moss Bluff. He created the Internet portal YAHOO along with several partners.Sean Patrick Flanery, who starred in The Boondock Saints and The Dead Zone television series, was born in Lake Charles.Dan Flavin is a former state representative from Lake Charles.Ray Fontenot – Former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1983–1986. He pitched for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Minnesota TwinsMatt Forte is a Starting Running Back and 2nd Round-pick of the Chicago Bears He was MVP of the 2008 Senior Bowl.Lether Frazar was president of McNeese State University and Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana under Earl Kemp Long from 1956–1960; the McNeese library bears his name.Dominic Gorie is an astronaut from Lake Charles.Johnnie Gray, retired safety in the NFL, played for the Green Bay PackersAllen "Puddler" Harris is a musician with Ricky Nelson, Conway Twitty, and Jimmie Davis; he is a former director of the Lake Charles Civic Center.T. H. Harris, state superintendent of education from 1908–1940, was a principal of Central High School in Lake Charles in the middle 1890s.Mike Heinen is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is a former winner of the PGA Shell Houston Open.Bob Hilton was the host of the game show Truth or Consequences and numerous other game shows of the past. He appeared briefly as the announcer for The Price is Right. He began his career at KPLC TV.Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, president and baseball coach at Grambling State University from 1936 to 1977, was born in Lake Charles in 1905.Robert G. "Bob" Jones is a stockbroker in Lake Charles and a former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Calcasieu Parish.Sam Houston Jones was born in Merryville, Louisiana in 1897. He served as Assistant Parish Prosecutor in Lake Charles for nine years before defeating Earl Kemp Long, becoming governor of Louisiana in 1940. Jones died on February 8, 1978, in Lake Charles, where he is interred at Prien Pines Cemetery.Claude Kirkpatrick (1917–1997) grew up in Lake Charles and graduated from Lake Charles High School; he was later a state representative from Jefferson Davis Parish (1952–1960) and director of the Louisiana Department of Public Works, through which capacity he worked to establish the Toledo Bend Reservoir.Chuck Kleckley is a state representative from southwestern Calcasieu Parish. Jesse Knowles was a businessman, civic leader, state legislator representing Calcasieu Parish, and survivor of the World War II Bataan Death March. Tony Kushner is a Pulitzer prize-winning playwright.Zachary Levi an actor, is best known as the title character in the NBC series Chuck. He was born in Lake Charles.Nellie Lutcher was a jazz singer who gained some national popularity in the late 1940s and 1950s. At one point, she recorded for Capitol Records.Van Dyke Parks, a Mississippi-born composer, singer, musician, and actor, grew up in Lake Charles.Dolly Parton at the age of 13, recorded her first single at Goldband Studios in Lake Charles. Rockin' Sidney, Jo-El Sonnier, Freddy Fender, Phil Phillips and many others have passed through the doors of that studio in Lake Charles.Eddie Shuler was the founder of Goldband Records and a legend in the South for recording swamp pop, Cajun, and other genres of music.Victor T. "Vic" Stelly (born 1941), is a former state representative and author of the Stelly Plan.Joe Gray Taylor was a distinguished historian of Louisiana and the American South and a professor and graduate school dean at McNeese State University.David William Thomas (1876–1961), was a teacher and school principal in Lake Charles late in the 19th century. He was later an attorney and the mayor of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish.Justin Vincent a graduate of Alfred M. Barbe High School in Lake Charles, plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers.George H. Wells, (1833–1905) was a Northern-born Confederate States of America officer who practiced law in Lake Charles and served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1878 to 1880.Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams was born in Lake Charles and recorded the song "Lake Charles" about Clyde Woodward, a boyfriend of hers born in Nacogdoches, Texas, who nevertheless told everybody that he was from Lake Charles.Henry L. Yelverton (1928–2009), was from 1971-2003 a district and appellate judge based in Lake Charles.Ron Miller, a Maryland conservative political activist and former Bush Administration official, was born in Lake Charles.Bill Davis, singer/songwriter for the band Dash Rip Rock and member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, lived in Lake Charles from 1975-1979, attending AM Barbe High School and McNeese University.William Dore, businessman and political donor.↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑".
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