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Gilbert William Galvan Jr. (born c. 1957) 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.
Sep 10, 2022 · When asked that very question by CBC News, he responded with a smirk, "Oh, no, no, no, no. No, no, you can't say that." Top: Tommy Craig and Gilbert Galvan pose together for a photo in the 1980s. Bottom: Actors Mel Gibson and Josh Duhamel portray Tommy and Gilbert in the Bandit movie.
Sep 30, 2023 · 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.
The film is based on the true life story of Gilbert Galvan Jr (also known as The Flying Bandit), who still holds a record for the most consecutive robberies in Canadian history.
Oct 22, 2023 · The notorious Canadian bank robber Gilbert Galvan Jr. died in 2000 at the age of 79, decades after his criminal heyday in the 1960s. But his larger-than-life persona as a debonair, high-flying thief lives on in Canadian folklore.
May 15, 2015 · The man once notorious as the “Flying Bandit” — named after slipping out of prison and robbing 59 banks and jewelry stores from Vancouver to Halifax — has lost his touch: Gilbert Galvan was...
Sep 30, 2022 · For actors Josh Duhamel and Elisha Cuthbert, the true story of Gilbert Galvan Jr., a.k.a. Robert Whiteman — who still holds the record for the most consecutive robberies in Canadian history —...
Sep 23, 2022 · In 1985, Gilbert Galvan Jr (Josh Duhamel), a charming career criminal, escapes from a US prison in Michigan and crosses the border into Canada where he assumes the identity Robert Whiteman.
Sep 21, 2022 · The second was Gilbert Galvan Jr., an American who escaped from a Michigan jail into Canada in 1985, In the next three years, he robbed a record string of 59 banks and jewelry stores across the country, often flying into town for the afternoon to commit his crime.
Sep 23, 2022 · In 1985, Gilbert Galvan Jr (Josh Duhamel), a charming career criminal, escapes from a US prison in Michigan and crosses the border into Canada where he assumes the identity Robert Whiteman.
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