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Rex Garner Yon
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Rex Garner Yon 4/5/1953 - 4/19/2005 (Shown at age 32)
| Rex Garner Yon was born on April 5, 1953 in Atlanta, Georgia and died on April 19, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. He lived to be 52 years old.
IN 1971 Rex graduated from the Baylor School in Chattanooga, TN. He then attending Vanderbilt University. He was a part of the community theater productions in Chattanooga. While attending the University of Houston, he also was a part of the theater there. In his acting career Rex took on the name Rex Ryon.
Rex appeared in twelve films and thirty-one television productions. He appeared as character roles in Magnum P.I.,Dallas, The A Team, Mac Gyver, Feds, Matlock, Cheers, Remington Steele, Beverly Hills Cop, Matt Houston, and Mama's Family, The Man in the Iron Mask, &
Malevolent. |
| Newspaper | 4/19/2005 | Chattanooga GA | 52 yrs old | Yon, Rex G.
Former Chattanoogan Was Actor In Television and Movies
Monday, May 09, 2005
Rex G. Yon, aka Rex Ryon, 52, formerly of Chattanooga, died Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at his home in Los Angeles.
After Rex was born in Atlanta, the family moved on to Texas and California before returning to Chattanooga. Rex graduated from the Baylor School in 1971.
While attending Vanderbilt University, Rex discovered his penchant for acting. He pursued acting in community theaters in Chattanooga and Nashville and later, Houston, TX, while attending the University of Houston. He moved to L.A. in 1980 to advance his acting career.
Rex was an avid golfer. He enjoyed traveling and sharing time with his many friends, who will miss his laugh and his gentle smile.
Rex appeared in many feature films including, "Feds," "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Jack’s Back." On television he was in episodes of "E.R.," "Matlock," and "Dallas" as well as such sitcoms as "Cheers," "Empty Nest" and "Blossum." You may explore his credits on his Web site at www.rexryon.com.
Rex was preceded in death by his mother, Irene Harkins Hutchinson Erickson, a native of Chattanooga; grandparents, Emily and Jack Harkins; and father, William B. Yon.
Rex is survived by his sister, Erin Yon, her husband, Lon, and their children, Fynn and Ry Glover; his brother of San Antonio, TX, Jac Yon, and his wife, Debra, and their children, Lindsey, Rachel and Max.
A celebration of Rex’s life will be from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, at Killavalla |
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Rex, his family, and friends. For example, Rex is 1 years old when The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.
Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
7 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
9 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
12 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
18 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
21 |
1974 |
Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright |
22 |
1975 |
Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography) |
26 |
1979 |
First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination |
28 |
1981 |
AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space. |
33 |
1986 |
Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher. |
36 |
1989 |
An asteroid comes relatively close to colliding with the earth |
37 |
1990 |
Hubble Space Telescope launched; optical defect discovered and repaired later in 1993. |
41 |
1994 |
The world watches comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (S-L 9) colliding with Jupiter |
44 |
1997 |
First Pathfinder vehicle lands on Mars and begin sending first photographs of Martin landscape. These are made available on the internet. |
45 |
1998 |
Construction begins on the International Space Station. |
47 |
2000 |
Successful cloning of animals begins in the early 2000s. |
51 |
2004 |
March 2, 2004 - Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity) confirms to NASA that the area of their landing was once covered in water. |
Age | Date | Event |
2 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
7 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
10 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
16 |
1969 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface. |
17 |
1970 |
NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest. |
24 |
1977 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time. |
31 |
1984 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first Macintosh computer with a mouse is launched and begins the computer age as it is shortly followed by the first PC and Microsoft. |
39 |
1992 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The "World Wide Web" (Internet) became available for home use through college and university sponsored "freenets". |
47 |
2000 |
November 7, 2000 - George W. Bush, son of the former President, and Vice President Al Gore hold a virtual dead-heat for the presidency, with a disputed vote in Florida holding off the naming of the winner of the President Election until the Supreme Court of the United States voted in favor of Bush on December 12. This ruling gave Florida to the Bush camp by a 527 vote majority, and a victory in the Electoral College, 271-266, despite gaining less popular votes than Gore. |
47 |
2000 |
December 28, 2000 - Montgomery Ward, the retail giant since its founding one hundred and twenty-eight years before, announces its intention to cease business. Competition from newer, low-cost retail behemoths such as Wal-Mart lead to its demise. Over the next 10 years Wal-Mart pushes most other 'dime store' businesses to closure. |
47 |
2000 |
The 2000 census enumerates a population of 281,421,906, increasing 13.2% since 1990. As regions, the South and West continued to pick up the majority of the increase in population, moving the geographic center of U.S. population to Phelps County, Missouri. |
47 |
2000 |
April 3, 2000 - The ruling in the case of the United States versus Microsoft states that the company did violate anti-trust laws by diminishing the capability of its rivals to compete. |
47 |
2000 |
June 1, 2000 - For the first time since 1851, the United States of America does not participate in a major World's Fair, the Hannover 2000 World Expo, despite a record number, 187, of international participants. President Bill Clinton had withdrawn U.S. participation late in 1999 after agreement to participate in 1997. Congressional apathy toward participation in world events continues a decline in U.S. involvement after the fall of the Soviet Union and victory in the Cold War. A consequence of this policy has led to a rise, among some experts, of anti-American sentiment, and a decline of U.S. influence in diplomatic affairs. Less than half, 18.1 million, of the original attendance estimate, 40 million, visit Hannover's event. |
48 |
2001 |
NEWS HEADLINES: September 11 -- (9 11) -- The World Trade Towers are hit by terrorist flying commercial planes full of passengers. |
48 |
2001 |
April 8, 2001 - Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer to hold all four major golf titles simulteneously by winning the Master's tournament in Augusta, Georgia. This followed a remarkable run in 2000 when Woods claimed victory at the final three majors of that season; the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship. |
49 |
2002 |
February 8, 2002 - Amid tight security due to terrorism concerns, the Winter Olympic Games are opened by President George W. Bush in Salt Lake City, Utah. They would continue without major incident until the closing ceremony on February 24. |
50 |
2003 |
December 13, 2003 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq, is captured in a small bunker in Tikrit by the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. General fear of terrorism begins to subside. |
50 |
2003 |
February 1, 2003 - A tragedy at NASA occurs when the Space Shuttle Columbia explodes upon reentry over Texas. All seven astronauts inside are killed. |
50 |
2003 |
April 9, 2003 - The U.S. coalition siezes control of Baghdad in the Iraq conflict. |
51 |
2004 |
February 3, 2004 - The Central Intelligence Agency admits that the imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction (which justified the war on Iraq) was not present before the 2003 Iraq war began. |
52 |
2005 |
United States labor is squeezed by global forces and the United States economy continues to decline. |
52 |
2005 |
July 26, 2005 - In the first Space Shuttle flight since the tragedy of 2003, Discovery goes into orbit on a mission that returns to earth safely on August 9. |
52 |
2005 |
August 29, 2005 - Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast, inundating the city of New Orleans with water from Lake Pontchetrain when the levees that maintain the below sea level city break. Over one thousand three hundred people perish from Alabama to Louisiana in one of the worst natural disasters to strike the United States. (Picture Below: Damage across the Gulf Coast of the United States after Hurricane Katrina.) |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
9 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
13 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
14 |
1967 |
Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad. |
18 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
19 |
1972 |
Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. |
20 |
1973 |
The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. |
24 |
1977 |
Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president. |
28 |
1981 |
Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
34 |
1987 |
January 24 - approximately 20,000 protesters march through Cummings, Georgia in all White Forsyth County. |
34 |
1987 |
President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev meet in Washington and sign an agreement calling for the dismantling of all Soviet and US missiles. |
36 |
1989 |
George Bush is elected president. (Republican) |
40 |
1993 |
Bill Clinton is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Democrat) |
41 |
1994 |
O.J. Simpson is chased down by police and later his trial is telecast for the world to watch. |
44 |
1997 |
A robust economy creates the longest prosperity in U.S. history. |
46 |
1999 |
United States budget goes into surplus. |
48 |
2001 |
George W. Bush is elected president. He is the son of George Bush who served as president from 1989-1993. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
51 |
2004 |
National Museum of the American Indian is established on the mall in Washington DC. |
51 |
2004 |
November 2, 2004 - President George W. Bush wins reelection over Democratic Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts. He wins 50.7% of the popular vote and 286 votes in the Electoral College. |
51 |
2004 |
National Museum of the American Indian is established in Washington DC. |
Age | Date | Event |
36 |
1989 |
The Berlin Wall falls uniting communist East Germany and capitalistic West Germany |
37 |
1990 |
Iraq (Sadam Hussein) invades Kuwait causing the U.N. to impose sanctions. This leads to the Gulf War. |
39 |
1992 |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is formed. |
40 |
1993 |
South Africa accepts racial equality. |
43 |
1996 |
Pope John Paul II affirmed evolution by natural selection |
46 |
1999 |
Yugoslavia breaks up and Serbia is contained. |
47 |
2000 |
Internet, cellphones, and social networking (using websites such as Twitter and Facebook) begin to grow in popularity and become standards for most house holds by 2010. |
47 |
2000 |
China begins to emerge as an economic giant. |
48 |
2001 |
April 1, 2001 - China-U.S. incident. An American spyplane collides with a fighter plane of China and makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China. The U.S. crew is detained for ten days |
48 |
2001 |
September 11, 2001 - 911 - Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. The attack of two planes levels the World Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 deaths. The fourth plane is heroically crashed by passengers into a Shanksville, Pennsylvania cornfield when they learn of the plot, preventing destruction of another structure in Washington, D.C., supposed to be the White House or the Capitol building. The plot is attributed to the Al-Qaeda organization led by Osama Bin Laden. |
48 |
2001 |
September 18, 2001 - Anthrax attacks by mail from Princeton, New Jersey against news and government targets begin. Federal officials announce the first case on October 4. World wide concern about terrorism continues to escalate. |
48 |
2001 |
October 7, 2001 - In response to the tragedy of September 11, the United States military, with participation from its ally the United Kingdom, commence the first attack in the War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. By November 12, the Taliban government leaves the capital, Kabul. |
49 |
2002 |
May 21, 2002 - The United States State Department issues its report in the War on Terror. It states that there are seven nations that a State-Sponsors: Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. |
49 |
2002 |
November 8, 2002 - The United Nations passes Resolution 1441 in a unanimous Security Council vote. It forces Saddam Hussein and Iraq to disarm or face serious consequences. |
49 |
2002 |
November 21, 2002 - NATO invites additional members of the former Soviet bloc to join its membership. Seven nations are included in the invitation; Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. |
50 |
2003 |
March 19, 2003 - The War in Iraq begins with the bombing of Baghdad after additional measures and mandates from the United Nations and the United States coalition fail to gain concessions or the removal of Saddam Hussein from power. The U.S. coalition, upon failure to extract authority from the U.N. for action due to the veto power of France, begin land operations one day later with participation from U.S., British, Australian, and Polish troops. |
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