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Gary Mark Gilmore (born Faye Robert Coffman; December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing in Utah.
Gilbert William Galvan Jr. (born c. 1957) [1] is an American bank robber. Having spent many of his adult years in prison, Galvan fled to Canada where he assumed the name Robert Lee Whiteman and began a three-year spree robbing banks and jewelry stores in the 1980s. The media dubbed him the Flying Bandit and the Phantom Bandit. [2]
Born on 23 Dec 1987. Died on 7 Mar 2007. Buried in Sun City, California, USA.
Mar 12, 2015 · In 1976, when Gary Mark Gilmore was sentenced to death by firing squad, TIME reported that dozens of men were calling the Utah state prison warden asking to be one of the shooters.
Jul 21, 2010 · Gary Gilmore, convicted in a double murder, is shot to death by a firing squad in Utah, becoming the first person to be executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in...
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Jun 29, 2014 · Murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by a volunteer firing squad in 1977. His death inspired Norman Mailer’s nonfiction book 'The Executioner’s Song.'
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Sep 30, 2023 · Let‘s start with the bottom line: No, the Flying Bandit is not still alive. Gilbert Galvan Jr died in 1979 at age 58 in a Wisconsin prison hospital, where he was serving time for parole violations. But even decades after his death, Galvan‘s legend as the Flying Bandit remains alive and well in Canada.
