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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.
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 .
Pat McCormick. Actor: Smokey and the Bandit. 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.
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- June 30, 1927
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- July 29, 2005
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.
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May 9, 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.
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Mar 11, 2023 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pat McCormick, who became the first diver to sweep the 3-meter and 10-meter events at consecutive Olympics, has died. She was 92. She died Tuesday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in the Orange County city of Santa Ana, her son, Tim, said Friday.
Mar 11, 2023 · Pat McCormick, who became the first diver to sweep the 3-meter and 10-meter events at consecutive Olympics, has died. She was 92.
