Jeffrey Dahmer is one of America’s most notorious serial killers, claiming 17 victims, some of whom he ate or preserved. But two men, who say Dahmer raped them during his military service, are now speaking out about the murderer who they call a “sociopath.” Preston Davis and Billy Capshaw appear on Oxygen’s “Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks,” a special airing Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 that features an interview between journalist Nancy Glass and Dahmer during his time behind bars. In it, Dahmer himself recounts the gruesome murders that took place between 1978 and 1991. Davis was 20 years...
- 11/10/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Preston Davis, a pioneering television executive who served as president of broadcast operations and engineering for ABC, died April 15 after an illness, the Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday. He was 63. In 1993, Robert Iger, then president of the ABC Network Television Group, promoted Davis to lead broadcast operations and engineering, making him the first African-American president of any Capital Cities/ABC division in the history of the media company. “Preston and I started at ABC around the same time,” Iger, now Disney chairman and CEO, said in a statement. “He was a talented and tenacious leader
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- 4/17/2013
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Longtime ABC Television Network executive Preston Davis died Monday after an illness. He was 63. Davis retired as President of Broadcast Operations and Engineering for ABC in 2011, after a 35-year career with the network. He joined ABC in 1976 as an engineer in Washington, D.C. He later went on to become Vice President, Television Operations, East Coast, where he was responsible for studio and field operations, electronic news gathering, telecommunications and the Rf Operations & Engineering Group. In 1993, Bob Iger promoted him to lead ABC’s Broadcast Operations & Engineering, making him the first African-American president of any division at ABC. Davis served in the U.S. Army as a specialist in communications technology and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Minority Interests in Media, Inc., which provides programs for bringing talented minority youth into the communications industry. He also...
- 4/17/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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