Steve Gilliard, (1964-2007), American liberal journalist and blogger
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Pierre Gilliard (1879-1962), Swiss citizen and French tutor for the five children of Tsar Nicholas II from 1905 to 1918
Gilliard started his career working as a radio newscaster at WGPR in Detroit.
Gilliard recently had a role on the television series The Beast (2009).
Earlier in his career, Gilliard was threatened with legal action by representatives of Rosie O'Donnell when he "wrote something about Rosie leering at Peta Wilson, the tall, very blonde, very bosomy star of the La Femme Nikita series." He responded that if sued, he would post the responses to his discovery on Usenet.
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When Michael S. Steele announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate election of 2006, Gilliard mocked Steele's perceived subservience to the Republican Party by posting a photoshopped picture of Steele in minstrel makeup.
The store closed due to declining sales, and in 1981, Gilliard began to work as a plant operator for Mobil Chemical.