Sam Sheppard
| Sam Sheppard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Samuel Holmes Sheppard December 29, 1923 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | April 6, 1970 (aged 46) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Liver failure |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (1970–1997) Knollwood Cemetery |
| Occupation | Osteopathic physician-neurosurgeon, professional wrestler |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (overturned) |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children | 1 |
| Conviction(s) | Murder (overturned) |
| Sam Sheppard | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Samuel Holmes Sheppard |
| Born |
December 29, 1923 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Died | April 6, 1970 (aged 46) Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Sam Sheppard |
| Billed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Trained by | George Strickland |
| Debut | August 1969 |
Samuel Holmes "Sam" Sheppard, D.O. (December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was a Bay Village, Ohio neurosurgeon initially convicted for the 1954 murder of his wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard. The case was highly controversial from the beginning, with extensive and prolonged nationwide media coverage. The U.S. Supreme Court determined that the "carnival atmosphere" surrounding Sheppard's first trial had made due process impossible; after ten years in prison he was acquitted at a second trial.
Sheppard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the youngest of three sons of Dr. Richard Allen Sheppard D.O. He attended Cleveland Heights High School where he was an excellent student and was active in football, basketball, and track; he was class president for three years. Sheppard met his future wife, Marilyn Reese, while in high school. Although several small Ohio colleges offered him athletic scholarships, Sheppard chose to follow the lead of his father and older brothers and pursued a career in osteopathic medicine. He enrolled at Hanover College in Indiana to study preosteopathic medical courses, then took supplementary courses at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Sheppard finished his medical education at the Los Angeles Osteopathic School of Physicians and Surgeons (now University of California Irvine) and was awarded the Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O) degree.
He completed his internship and a residency in Neurosurgery at Los Angeles County General Hospital. A few years after marrying Marilyn Reese on February 21, 1945, in Hollywood, California, Sheppard returned to Ohio and joined his father's growing medical practice at Bay View Hospital.
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