- Lane Crockett
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name = Lane Tyler Crockett
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birth_date = birth date and age|1941|11|8
birth_place = Ballinger, Runnels County,Texas USA
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occupation =Newspaper entertainment editor and nationalcolumnist | nationality = American
residence = Shreveport,Caddo Parish ,Louisiana , USA
spouse = Single
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footnotes = Entertainment columnist syndicated by Gannett
school=Texas Tech University Lane Tyler Crockett (born
November 8 ,1941 ) is the retired entertainmentwriter andtheater /arts critic of the "Shreveport Times", the largestnewspaper in northLouisiana . While he was at "The Times",Gannett syndicated Crockett for adecade as afilm andtelevision writer. Crockett, sometimes called the "prince of performance critics", still writes entertainment articles for "The Forum News", anInternet and printmagazine which circulates throughout northwestern Louisiana and east Texas. He was born tobusinessman D.B. Crockett (1915-2007) and the former Wanda Lane (1919-2004) of Ballinger, the seat of Runnels County northeast of San Angelo in west Texas. With a 2000census population of some 4,200, Ballinger calls itself "The Greatest Little Town in Texas." Crockett is descended from David M. and Bertha Hambright Crockett and R.F. "Ike" and Mary E. Houghton Lane, all of Ballinger. Crockett graduated from BallingerHigh School in 1960.Crockett obtained
bachelor's degree s in 1964 in bothjournalism andhistory fromTexas Tech University in Lubbbock. He was the entertainment editor for Tech's student newspaper, "The Daily Toreador " for three years. After graduation, he entered theUnited States Air Force for four years during theVietnam War .In 1968, Crockett, at twenty-six, moved to Shreveport, the seat of
Caddo Parish , to join the staff of the defunct "Shreveport Journal " under thenpublisher Douglas F. Attaway . In 1977, after Attaway had already sold "The Journal" tobusinessman andprofessor Charles T. Beaird , Crockett joined the staff of the "Shreveport Times", where he remained until his retirement in 2004. Crockett resides in Shreveport, where he Crockett is involved in various cultural activities and is a strong supporter of theShreveport Symphony Orchestra and theShreveport Arts Council . A Shreveport blogger writes that Crockett "has the ability to touch upon all aspects of a performance, from book to players to the scene. His writing has a conversational flow but demonstrates deep background. While his critical remarks are moderate - focus on what he omitted to get the full tale - they fulfill a distinct need."Crockett is single. He has a sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Wayne Johnson, and two nieces, all in Ballinger.
References
http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi http://ballinger.netxv.net/exes/33.htm http://shreveportfaces.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html http://www.theforumnews.com/writersA.html http://obituaries.sanangelostandardtimes.com/obit.cfm?ID=7647 (D.B. Crockett obit) http://obituaries.sanangelostandardtimes.com/obit.cfm?ID=3596 (Wanda Crockett obit) http://preview.ussearch.com/preview/newsearch;jsessionid=C693143D317965E453BE4B7089C00231?searchFName=Lane&searchMName=&searchLName=Crockett&searchCity=shreveport&searchState=LA&searchApproxAge=68&adID=10002101&searchtab=people&x=26&y=16
http://www.shrevearts.org/Review25.asp (Crockett's critique of a performance of "Singin' in the Rain")
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