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Pat McCormick (June 30, 1927 – July 29, 2005) was an American actor and comedy writer known for playing Big Enos Burdette in Smokey and the Bandit and its two sequels. He wrote for a number of performers such as Red Skelton , Phyllis Diller and Johnny Carson as well as for shows including Get Smart .
Pat McCormick (1927-2005) Pat McCormick. Veteran comic Pat McCormick was one of those second-tier funnymen whose careers enjoy great longevity on the stand-up and TV variety circuits but fall just short of making it to the all-stars. As a gag writer, however, he reigned supreme. Pat was born on June 30, 1927, in Lakewood, Ohio.
Platform. 1951 Buenos Aires. Springboard. Patricia Joan Keller McCormick (May 12, 1930 – March 7, 2023) was an American competitive diver who won both diving events at two consecutive Summer Olympics, in 1952 and 1956. She won the James E. Sullivan Award for best amateur athlete in the US in 1956 – the second woman to do so, after Ann Curtis .
Mar 12, 2023 · Pat McCormick, the first diver to sweep the gold medals in two Olympics, died on Tuesday at an assisted living facility in Santa Ana, Calif. She was 92. Her daughter, Kelly Robertson, confirmed ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Pat McCormick (born May 12, 1930, Seal Beach, California, U.S.—died March 7, 2023, Santa Ana, California) was an American diver who was the first athlete to win gold medals in both the springboard and platform diving events at two Olympic Games. Growing up in Long Beach, California, McCormick established a reputation as a daring athlete ...
Pat McCormick won the James Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athlete in 1956, the second woman to do so. Born Patricia Joan Keller on May 12, 1930, in Seal Beach, California, as a youngster she was known for executing dives that weren’t allowed in competition while practicing off a bridge.
Mar 10, 2023 · Pat McCormick, the lone female diver to sweep the individual springboard and platform golds at multiple Olympics, has died at age 92, according to USA Diving. McCormick died in an assisted living home on Tuesday in Orange County, California, according to the Seal Beach Sun. McCormick won both individual diving events at the Olympics in 1952 and ...
