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    David Hamilton

    British photographer and film director

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  1. Nov 28, 2016 · David Hamilton, the British photographer and film director best known for his grainy images featuring nude teenage girls, died in Paris this past Friday. Hamilton, 83, was found unconscious by a neighbor, and died shortly after, the Guardian reports. The circumstances of his death, however, remain unclear.

    • Charismatic and Tough
    • Strike Led by Jackson
    • The Black Moses

    Jackson’s charisma, talent for oratory, and effective agitation in favor of better living conditions for the population of the islands soon made him the leader of the local unions. In 1915, he arrived in Copenhagen where he spoke on behalf of the impoverished blacks and gained a certain amount of sympathy. Back home on St. Croix, he founded the new...

    When plantation owners refused to increase wages during the sugar harvest in 1915-16, the farm workers on St. Croix went on strike – led by Jackson and the union. The end result was that the plantation owners had to accept that the work day from sunup to sundown was reduced to 9 hours and that the workers were given a raise from 10-20 cents to 35 c...

    After the Danish sale of the West Indies to the US in 1917, Jackson became a judge in Christiansted and politician in the islands until his death in 1946. Today on the islands, he is considered to be a hero by the black population, the Black Moses, who helped his people escape a life of slavery. In the Virgin Islands, November 1 – the day of the fi...

  2. May 16, 2023 · David, 84, spoke out after his illness was highlighted in the Mail on Sunday this week in which a report told how some patients with the rare blood cancer known as polycythaemia vera are now taking two tablets a day instead of having to go through gruelling bouts of chemotherapy.

  3. David Hamilton (born David Pilditch; 10 September 1938) is an English radio and television presenter. Since his broadcasting career began in 1959, Hamilton has hosted over 12,000 radio shows and more than 1,000 television shows.

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    Year
    panellist
    2022
    Britain's Biggest 70s Hits
    Guest (talking head contributor - various ...
    2021
    When TV Guests Go Terribly Wrong
    Guest, Channel 5
    2020
    Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
    Guest, BBC 2
    2018
  4. May 6, 2022 · DJ DAVID HAMILTON has been diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer as the veteran broadcaster said it makes him look like he has a suntan.

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  5. David Hamilton Jackson. Born in 1884 on the island of St. Croix, just 36 years after the abolition of slavery. He was educated as a teacher (c. 1908 -1912), but was dismissed by the Danish school authorities for speaking out critically about the Catholic Church.

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  7. David Hamilton Jackson (September 28, 1884 – May 30, 1946) was a labor rights advocate in the Danish West Indies, later the United States Virgin Islands. Jackson was an important figure in the struggle for increased civil rights and workers' rights on the islands.

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