Deaf Alabama Man Killed In Early Morning Crash

Deaf man killed in crash off Taylor Road in Montgomery.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Montgomery police say a Deaf Montgomery man was killed in a single-car wreck early this morning.

Police say 34-year-old Rodney Vaughans, Jr. was killed when his car hit a tree. The wreck happened around 5AM in the 300 block of Taylor Road North near Brownwood Lane. Police are still investigating what led up to the crash.

SOURCE - AlabamaNews

A Montgomery man was killed in a crash early Friday morning.

According to Montgomery Police Captain Regina Duckett, at around 5 a.m. officers and fire medics responded to the 300 block of Taylor Road North in reference to a single-vehicle crash involving a 2009 Dodge Charger. The driver, Rodney Vaughans Jr., 34, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Duckett said an investigation indicates the vehicle was traveling north on Taylor Road North when it left the roadway near Brownwood Lane and hit a tree.

SOURCE - WSFA

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Audree Norton, Deaf Actress Dies At 88

Audree Lauraine Norton, pioneering Deaf actress, dies at 88.

HOLLYWOOD / LOS ANGELES -- Audree Lauraine Norton, who many consider the first Deaf actress to appear in a featured role on an American network TV series, has died. She was 88.

Audree Norton, a founding member of The National Theatre of the Deaf, died April 22 in Fremont, California, her family announced.

In September 1968, on “The Silent Cry,” the episode that kicked off the second season of the CBS crime drama Mannix, Norton starred as a Deaf woman who, while reading the lips of a man talking inside a phone booth, realizes that he’s plotting to kidnap someone.

She seeks out good-guy private detective Joe Mannix (Mike Connors). He investigates, putting their lives in jeopardy.

Norton would later appear on such series as Family Affair and The Streets of San Francisco.

Norton also played a Deaf mother who wanted to adopt a child in a 1971 episode of ABC’s The Man and the City, and she and her husband, Kenneth, who also was Deaf, auditioned for roles as parents in a 1978 ABC Afterschool Special titled “Mom and Dad Can’t Hear Me.”

According to the 1988 book Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and he Film Entertainment Industry, written by John S. Schuchman, a casting director told Norton that “of all the people, you and your husband won the roles. But you are out because the director is afraid to use Deaf actors and actresses.”

Instead, Priscilla Pointer and Stephen Elliott were cast, and Norton filed a complaint with the Screen Actors Guild. Schuchman suggests that Norton’s grievance cost her a career in television but paved the way for other Deaf actors to work... Read The Full Story.

Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83

Leonard Nimoy, best known for playing the character Spock in the Star Trek television shows and films, died at 83.

LOS ANGELES -- Leonard Simon Nimoy lived up to his longtime catchphrase: Live long and prosper. Having achieved success in many arenas during his lifetime, the actor, director, writer and photographer has died at age 83. His wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, reportedly confirmed his death to the New York Times, saying the cause was end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Most widely known for his performance as half-human, half-Vulcan science officer Spock on the classic sci-fi TV show “Star Trek” and its many subsequent film and videogame incarnations, Nimoy was also a successful director, helming “Star Trek” pics “The Search for Spock” and “The Voyage Home,” as well as non-“Star Trek” fare; an accomplished stage actor; a published writer and poet; and a noted photographer. He also dabbled in singing and songwriting.

But despite his varied talents, Nimoy will forever be linked with the logical Mr. Spock. Spotted by “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry when he appeared on Roddenberry’s NBC Marine Corps. skein “The Lieutenant,” Nimoy was offered the role of Spock and co-starred in the 1965 “Star Trek” pilot “The Cage.” NBC execs liked the concept but thought the pilot too cerebral, so they ordered a second pilot of the Desilu production with some script and cast changes (only Nimoy made it through both pilots). The series finally bowed on the Peacock in the fall of 1966. After three seasons, it was canceled in 1969 but would go on to be a hit in syndication, spawning films and other TV incarnations and gaining a huge following of fans known as Trekkers or Trekkies.

Leonard Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts; his parents were Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine, and the language at home was Yiddish. He developed an interest in acting at an early age, first appearing on stage at 8 in a production of “Hansel and Gretel.” He took drama classes for a while at Boston College, and after leaving home to pursue his career in Hollywood, he landed his first lead role in the 1952 film “Kid Monk Baroni.” ... READ MORE: Leonard Nimoy, ‘Star Trek’s’ Spock, Dies at 83

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Tribute To Chuck Baird

Tribute to Chuck Baird in American Sign Language by Eyepoetic.

Tribute to Charles 'Chuck' Baird and today is your birthday, Feb 22. You are the light of our Deaf world and we are grateful you were born in the earth to bring your beautiful arts! We love you and miss you as your spirit is always with us.

I contribute my heart for you, Chuck Baird - a legacy golden Deaf man, NTD actor, DeVIA artist, and wonderful man. I'm glad we had met sometime around and NTD summer school 2002. © 2012 Eyepoetic. (Ruthie "Eyepoetic" Jordan)

This is about an artist, Charles 'Chuck' Baird documenting and expressing his journey with social changes through an era. He witnesses several social and cultural changes in the ASL & Deaf community as early as 1950s.

Charles 'Chuck' Baird overcomes his struggle with his own Deaf identity until he completes his commission works. Chuck was one of few founding members of the established De'VIA art movement.

Currently submitting and participating in a film festival:
https://fisheyevisualarts.com/chuckbaird/a_feature_documentary_film.html

Written, Directed and Produced by Tracey Salaway, A Fisheye Visual Arts Production in association with Salaway Films Production, Chuck Baird Foundation for the Visual Arts and Gallaudet University Art Department.

Chuck Baird's Website: https://www.chuckbairdart.com

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Tribute to Deaf artist presentation: Charles 'Chuck' Baird, 1947-2012.

This is about an artist, Charles 'Chuck' Baird documenting and expressing his journey with social changes through an era. He witnesses several social and cultural changes in the ASL & Deaf community as early as 1950s.

Charles 'Chuck' Baird overcomes his struggle with his own Deaf identity until he completes his commission works. Chuck was one of few founding members of the established De'VIA art movement.

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Written, Directed and Produced by Tracey Salaway, A Fisheye Visual Arts Production in association with Salaway Films Production, Chuck Baird Foundation for the Visual Arts and Gallaudet University Art Department.

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Deaf Artist: Chuck Baird

A famous Deaf artist presentation: Charles 'Chuck' Baird.

This is about an artist, Charles 'Chuck' Baird documenting and expressing his journey with social changes through an era. He witnesses several social and cultural changes in the ASL & Deaf community as early as 1950s.

Charles 'Chuck' Baird overcomes his struggle with his own Deaf identity until he completes his commission works. Chuck was one of few founding members of the established De'VIA art movement.

Currently submitting and participating in a film festival:
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Written, Directed and Produced by Tracey Salaway, A Fisheye Visual Arts Production in association with Salaway Films Production, Chuck Baird Foundation for the Visual Arts and Gallaudet University Art Department.

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