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Asheville is just one of the settings in Sheila Simmons’ Memoir of a Minnie Riperton Fan, which the Asheville native will sign Saturday, Aug. 15, at 6 p.m. at Firestorm Café & Books, 610 Haywood Road, in West Asheville.
Simmon’s book examines the life and times of her childhood idol, Minnie Riperton, a 1970s singer best known for her five-octave range and the 1975 hit song, “Lovin’ You.” After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Riperton became one of the first celebrities to go public with her diagnosis. The book also takes readers on her trek to Chicago, Los Angeles, Acapulco, New York and Gainesville, Fla.
Simmons is a former reporter with Philadelphia Daily News and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. She quit her job at the Plain Dealer in 1999, according to an article on Philly.com and “loaded up her white Mazda MX3 and set off on a quest to write a biography about her childhood idol, the late 1970s-era singer Minnie Riperton. … Simmons was 9 years old in 1975 — the year that “Lovin’ You” made it to No. 1 on the Billboard chart.”
Riperton, who died in 1979 at the age of 31, of breast cancer, received a courage award from president Jimmy Carter and was an early advocate for women battling breast cance
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Ronald Gene Simmons
American mass murderer (1940–1990)
"Ronald Simmons" redirects here. For other people with similar names, see Ron Simmons (disambiguation).
Ronald Gene Simmons | |
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| Born | (1940-07-15)July 15, 1940 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 1990(1990-06-25) (aged 49) Cummins Unit, Lincoln County, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Spouse | Bersabe Rebecca "Becky" Ulibarri (m. 1960; died 1987) |
| Children | 7 |
| Conviction(s) | Capital murder (16 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Date | December 22–28, 1987 |
| Country | United States |
| Location(s) | Dover and Russellville, Arkansas |
| Target(s) | Family, acquaintance, strangers |
| Killed | 16 |
| Injured | 4 |
| Weapons | |
Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. (July 15, 1940 – June 25, 1990) was an American mass murderer who killed 16 people over a week-long period in Arkansas in 1987 and wounded several others. A retired military serviceman, Simmons murdered fourteen members of his family, including a daughter he had 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.[1]
Simmons was sentenc
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