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2 unusual facts about Torrance


Aaron Rosenberg

Aaron Rosenberg (August 26, 1912, New York City – September 1, 1979, Torrance, California) was an "all-American" college football player and a film and television producer with more than sixty credits.

Dorothy Nolte

She wrote a poem on childrearing, "Children Learn What They Live," for a weekly family column for The Torrance Herald in 1954.


Adam Carrington

In Billings, Montana, an elderly woman named Kate Torrance watches former spouses Blake Carrington and Alexis Carrington make a televised plea for the return of their kidnapped infant grandson L.B. Colby.

Anna Magnani

Magnani worked with Tennessee Williams again for the 1959 film, The Fugitive Kind (originally titled, Orpheus Descending) directed by Sidney Lumet, in which she played Lady Torrance and starred with Marlon Brando.

Baptized in Blood

The band's lead guitarist, Josh Torrance, has appeared as a co-host on "The Meltdown", which is a one hour radio show that airs online and on 4 FM radio stations in Alberta, Canada.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital

It was paid for by the Los Angeles Optimists Club and has stained glass windows donated by James Slauson and a second by Mrs. Helena Torrance in memory of her husband, Jared Sidney Torrance.

Claire Robertson

Claire Robertson D'Amore (born June 4, 1982 in Torrance, California) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who has won numerous tournaments and awards, including: six CBVA wins in a row, the gold medal in Guatemala NORCECA, the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Jamaica playing with Emily Day.

Courtland Mead

Additionally, he portrayed the fictional character Danny Torrance in Stephen King's The Shining television mini-series, and appeared as Uh-huh in the 1994 feature-film adaptation of The Little Rascals.

Deon Thompson

As a senior at Torrance High School in Torrance, California, Thompson scored 30 or more points five times and had 20 or more rebounds on six occasions, and led his team to the Division II-A finals in 2006 and quarterfinals in 2005.

Excedrin

In the Stephen King novel The Shining, the main character Jack Torrance chewed Excedrin tablets (and "relished" their taste), first as a cure for his constant hangover headaches and later when his symptoms of alcoholism re-appeared.

Funai

Its United States-based subsidiary Funai Corporation, Inc., based in Torrance, California, markets Funai-licensed brands including Sylvania, Emerson Radio, Magnavox, Philips, and Symphonic.

Gamevil

Gamevil Inc. (trademarked in capitals as GAMEVIL) ((주)게임빌) is a public company based in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and Torrance, California, which develops and publishes video games for mobile devices.

Iain Torrance

Torrance made representation to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair on behalf of Megrahi pointing out the deep unease in Scotland and elsewhere over the safety of the verdict.

Joe Lovero

They landed three time Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch to play Jack Torrance in the musical short film produced during the summer of 2013.

Journal of Historical Review

The Journal of Historical Review is a non-peer reviewed serial, periodical, or journal published by the Institute for Historical Review in Torrance, California.

Kirk Torrance

Kirk Torrance is an actor and award-winning playwright from New Zealand, best known for his role as Wayne Judd in Outrageous Fortune.

Lakai

Lakai Limited Footwear, a footwear company based in Torrance, California.

Neukom Vivarium

The installation was gifted by Bill and Sally Neukom, American Express Company, Seattle Garden Club, Mark Torrance Foundation and Committee of 33, in honor of the Seattle Art Museum's 75th anniversary.

Neukom Vivarium was a gift from Bill and Sally Neukom, American Express Company, Seattle Garden Club, Mark Torrance Foundation and Committee of 33, in honor of the Seattle Art Museum's 75th anniversary.

Oedipus Records

Oedipus Records is an independent record label started in Torrance, California by Gabe Abaud, Patrick Enzor, and Micheal Corso in 2002.

Roy Cizek

Cizek married three times, including a woman from Haverhill, Massachusetts, who moved away with him from New England when he got a job working forAltec Lansing. Roy Cizek's last official residence was in Torrance, California, where he died on April 12, 1993.

The Scuzzies

One of the highlights for the Scuzzies in 1965 was when they became the opening act for "Sonny & Cher" at the Grand Opening of "Jamaica West Jr." in Torrance, California.

Thomas F. Torrance

This integration of doctrine began for Torrance with the Nicene homoousion (the fact that the eternal Son was and is one in being with the Father and Spirit in eternity and with us by virtue of the incarnation), and included the doctrines of the Trinity, Creation, Incarnation, Atonement, Eschatology, Pneumatology, the Church and the Sacraments as well as a theology of ordained Ministry.

Zamperini

Zamperini Field, city-owned public airport southwest of downtown Torrance, California


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