Richard j corman biography of martin

  • Richard Jay Corman (July 22, 1955 – August 23, 2013) was the founder and owner of R. J. Corman Railroad Group, a Nicholasville, Kentucky-based railroad.
  • Corman was born in Jessamine County, KY to the late James "Jay" William and Maudie Corman.
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    Richard "RJ" Jay Corman

    July 22, 1955 - August 23, 2013

    CORMAN, Richard Jay "Rick," a Nicholasville railroad entrepreneur, died August 23, 2013 from multiple myeloma. He was at home, surrounded by his loving family.

    Mr. Corman was born in Jessamine County, KY to the late James "Jay" William and Maudie Corman. He graduated from Jessamine County High School and was a running enthusiast and pilot.
    Mr. Corman saw opportunities where others didn't, and worked hard to make his vision a reality. He founded a railroad construction company in 1973, the same year he graduated from high school. Through hard work and exemplary customer service, he built his business into the R. J. Corman Railroad Group, a diversified railroad service provider that includes R. J. Corman Railroad Construction, R. J. Corman Derailment Services, R. J. Corman Material Sales, R. J. Corman Railroad Company, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, Lexington Dinner Train and many other service lines. The company has 1,150

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    Roger Corman

    American bio director, producer, and actor (1926–2024)

    Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American spelfilm director, producer, and actor.[2][3] Known beneath various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film.[4]

    Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Intruder (1962), X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), and the counterculture films The Wild Angels (1966) and The Trip (1967). House of Usher (1960) became the first of eight films directed bygd Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "Poe Cycle".[5][6]

    In 1964, Corman became the youngest filmskapare to ocean

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    RJ Corman, entrepreneur and UK benefactor, dies at 58

    By Amelia Orwick | @KyKernel

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    R.J. “Rick” Corman, founder of the R.J. Corman Railroad Group and benefactor to the University of Kentucky, died at his home in Nicholasville around 11 a.m. on Friday.

    The 58-year-old was known for his generosity in the Lexington community, particularly within the UK Athletics program.

    UK men’s basketball head coach John Calipari shared his thoughts about Corman’s death in a post on his website Friday. Corman was the first person he met after accepting the position at UK.

    “Rick was one of the absolute smartest and most humble people that I have ever met in my life. I’m going to miss him dearly,” Calipari said in the post. “He knows now that I love him, that I’m going to miss him and that I’m going to pray for him every day.”

    Most recently, Corman hosted head football coach Mark Stoops as he arrived to Corman’s airplane hangar shortly after being hired.

    In 2001, Cor

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