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Jackson, Reggie
 Attended Arizona State
University
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(Reginald Martinez Jackson, 1946.05.18-
) Professional baseball player.
Before he was number 44 on the New York Yankees, and long
before his 1993 induction into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame,
Reggie Jackson attended Arizona State University on a football scholarship.
He played one season under legendary coach Frank Kush, but left ASU for a
minor-league contract with the Oakland A's.
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Jameson, Jenna
 Lives in Paradise Valley
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Jenna Jameson, 2008. Photo by Glenn
Francis, PacificProDigital.com
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(Jennifer
Marie Massoli, 1974.04.09- ) Porn
star, entrepreneur.
In August 2005, quite a few eyebrows on south Scottsdale
residents were raised when they discovered that pornography
"actress" Jenna Jameson had acquired a club in their quiet
neighborhood. Never mind that the club was the infamous Babe's
Cabaret at 2011 N. Scottsdale Road which already featured mostly naked
dancers to titillate patrons into a state of arousal. Jenna was a
star of major proportions. One could only imagine the result
if such a celebrity leveraged her talents in their neighborhood. A
pornographic theme park catering to perversions of unimaginable variety
would not exceed the range of possibilities. 
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Jennings, Waylon
Lived in Phoenix, Mesa
 Died in Mesa
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(1937.05.15-2002.02.13)
Singer, musician.
 Born
in Littlefield, Texas, Jennings started as a radio DJ when he was only
12. In Lubbock, he became friends with Buddy Holley and they
co-wrote a Holly demo. Jennings played bass on Holly's last tour,
giving up his seat for The Big Bopper on the plane that crashed killing
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.
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John Paul II, Pope
 Visited Phoenix, Tempe
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| Pope John Paul II, 1983. |
(Karol Wojtyla, 1920.05.18-2005.04.02)
Head of Catholic church from October 16, 1978 until death
Pope John Paul II visited Phoenix on September 14,
1987, as a part of his whirlwind tour of the United States. In
Tempe, he held mass for 75,000 of the faithful at a stadium paying
homage to the Devil.
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Johnson, Ben
Lived in Mesa
Died in Mesa
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(1918.06.13-1996.03.08)
Actor.
Ben Johnson was a ranch hand and rodeo performer until
he found that the movies paid better with less risk. He
appeared in more than 300 movies and won the Academy Award for his
performance in The Last Picture Show (1971).
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Johnson, Randy
Lived in Phoenix
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 (Randall
David Johnson, 1963.09.10- )
Pitcher, MLB.
"The Big Unit," at 6'10", was MLB's tallest
player when he joined the Diamondbacks in 1999. He was 2001 World
Series Co-MVP with Curt Schilling
when the upstart Diamondbacks surprised everyone to take home the trophy
in their third season. He pitched a perfect game (one pitcher
sending 27batters in a row down without any reaching base) in his final
start at Livermore (CA) High School. He repeated the feat for the
Diamondbacks against the Atlanta Braves on May 18, 2004. It was only
the 17th perfect game in MLB history, and at 40, Randy was the oldest
pitcher to do it.
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Judd, Winnie Ruth
Lived in Phoenix
 Murdered, tried,
imprisoned in Phoenix
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(c. 1905-1998.10.23) "The
Trunk Murderess"
Winnie Ruth Judd was the 26 year old wife of a 56 year
old physician. The couple had moved to Phoenix in 1930 hoping that
the dry climate would keep Winnie Ruth's tuberculosis in check, and
that Dr. Judd could find employment.
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