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Todd Anthony Combs. ( 1971-01-27) January 27, 1971 (age 53) Sarasota, Florida, U.S. Alma mater. Florida State University. Columbia Business School. Todd Anthony Combs (born January 27, 1971) is a former hedge fund manager and current investment manager at Berkshire Hathaway, who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of GEICO since January ...
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Michelle Lee Combs passed away peacefully on February 14, 2014 after her valiant fight with breast cancer at the age of 43. She was surrounded by her loving family. Michelle met the love of her life Todd Combs. They were married in the I.U. Union on June 4, 1994. Michelle was the office manager for Dr. Richard Combs.
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Richard Todd was born in Dublin. His father, Andrew William Palethorpe-Todd, was an Irish physician and an international Irish rugby player who gained three caps for his country. Richard spent a few of his childhood years in India, where his father, an officer in the British Army, served as a physician. Later his family moved to Devon, and Todd att...
Todd enlisted soon after the outbreak of the Second World War, entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in late 1939. On 29 January 1941, he was one of 26 cadets injured when 'D' Block of New College was hit by a German bomb in an attack by the Luftwaffe. In his memoirs, he describes seeing the bomb pass through the ceiling in front of him be...
Associated British Picture Corporation
After the war, Todd was unsure what direction to take in his career. His former agent, Robert Lennard, had become a casting agent for Associated British Picture Corporation and advised him to try out for the Dundee Repertory Company. Todd did so, performing in plays such as Claudia, where he appeared with Catherine Grant-Bogle, who became his first wife. Lennard arranged for a screen test and Associated British offered him a long-term contract in 1948. He was cast in the lead in For Them That...
Disney
Far more popular was The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men(1952), in which Todd played the title role for Walt Disney Productions. Associated British put him in 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952), with Merle Oberon. The Rank Organisation borrowed him for Venetian Bird (1952), directed by Ralph Thomas. Disney reunited the Robin Hood team in The Sword and the Rose (1953), with Todd as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. It was not as popular as Robin Hood in the U.S. but performed well in...
20th Century Fox
Todd's career received a boost when 20th Century-Fox signed him to a non-exclusive contract and cast him as the United States Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall in the film version of Catherine Marshall's best selling biography A Man Called Peter(1955), which was a popular success. Even more popular was The Dam Busters (1955) in which Todd played Wing Commander Guy Gibson. This was the most successful film at the British box office in 1955and became the defining role of Todd's movie career. 20th...
Todd was married twice; both marriages ended in divorce. His first wife was actress Catherine Grant-Bogle, whom he met in Dundee Repertory. They were married from 1949 until 1970. They had a son, Peter (1952–2005), and a daughter, Fiona Margaret Todd born 1956. In 1960 he had a son Jeremy Todd-Nelson with model Patricia Nelson. He was married to mo...
Todd died from cancer at his home near Grantham in Lincolnshire on 3 December 2009. His body was buried between his two sons Seumas and Peter at St. Guthlac's Church in Little Ponton in the county of Lincolnshire. The gravestone's epitaph reads "Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd, 1919–2009, husband of Virginia and Kitty, loving father of Peter, Fiona,...
Box-office rankings
British exhibitors regularly listed Todd among the most popular local stars at the box office in various polls: 1. 1950 – 7th most popular British star 2. 1952 – 5th most popular British star in Britain 3. 1954 – 9th most popular British star 4. 1955 – 7th most popular British star 5. 1957 – 3rd most popular star in Britain
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde (1965) – Strand Theatre, London with Margaret Lockwood, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray and Roger Livesey– also toured South AfricaDear Octopus by Dodie Smith(1967) – Haymarket Theatre, London"The Winslow Boy" (1971) – national tour with Patrick Barr, Elizabeth Sellarsand David Nicholas Wilkinson" A Christmas Carol" (1971–72) – Theatre Royal, Brighton with Patrick Barr, Elizabeth Sellars, Mervyn Johnsand David Nicholas WilkinsonCaught in the Act London: Hutchinson ISBN 0091638003(1986)In Camera, an Autobiography Continued London: Hutchinson ISBN 0091735343(1989)Dec 4, 2016 · Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 4, 2016. Dr. Richard C. Combs, 72, of Bloomington died Wednesday, November 30, 2016 in Golden Living Center. He was born March 30, 1944 in Nappanee, Indiana ...
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Indiana University Fort Wayne (IU Fort Wayne) established 2018, located in Fort Wayne. It was established after the dissolution of the former entity Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), which had been an extension similar to that of IUPUI under the administration of Purdue University. IU Fort Wayne took over IPFW's academic ...
1822: Construction begins on Seminary Building. 1823: Baynard Rush Hall is hired as the first professor. 1825: Classes begin with an enrollment of 10 male students. 1828: “State Seminary” becomes “Indiana College.”. 1829: Andrew Wylie becomes the first IU president. 1830: The first class graduates.
