Name Willie Jr. | Spouse Blanche Vitero (m. 1958) | |
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Role Former Speaker of the California State Assembly Books Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times Movies The Godfather Part III, See How They Run Children Sydney Brown, Robin Brown, Michael Brown, Susan Brown Education University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco State University Similar People Gavin Newsom, John Cleese, Anne Hathaway, Whitney Houston, Emily Morse | ||
Willie Brown Jr (5/26/11)
Willie Brown, Jr. (November 24, 1944 – April 21, 2006), was sentenced to death on November 15, 1983 by the Martin County, North Carolina Superior Court for the March 6, 1983 murder of Vallerie Ann Roberson Dixon.
Valerie Dixon, 29, was reported missing on March 6, 1983 from the Zip Mart (now Chicken Kitchen) in Williamston, North Carolina where she worked the late-night to early-morning shift. She was found shot six times in the back of the head. Police later stopped Brown driving her car. In his possession were a pistol and a bag of money from the Zip Mart.
After several last-minute attempts by his lawyers to stay his execution failed, Brown was executed on April 21, 2006, officially pronounced dead at at 2:11 AM.
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