CITY

Official Website:
http://www.sarasotagov.com/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.sarasotachamber.com/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.sarasotafl.org/

Population:
52715 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1840 (fort)

County:
Sarasota County

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
New College of Florida	1960
Ringling College of Art and Design	1931
Sarasota High School, Sarasota, FL	1913

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carla Gugino	Actor	29-Aug-1971		Spy Kids
Daniel Myrick	Film Director	30-Nov-1962		The Blair Witch Project
Mark Pauline	Performance Artist	14-Dec-1953		Survival Research Labs
Robert C. Randall	Victim	23-Jan-1948	2-Jun-2001	First recipient of federal marijuana
Stephen Root	Actor	17-Nov-1951		Jimmy James on News Radio
Nik Wallenda	Daredevil	24-Jan-1979		Crossed Niagara Falls on a highwire

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Al Arbour	Hockey	1-Nov-1932	28-Aug-2015	Longtime NY Islanders Coach
Freddie Bartholomew	Actor	28-Mar-1924	23-Jan-1992	Little Lord Fauntleroy
Carlie Brucia	Victim	16-Mar-1992	1-Feb-2004	Little girl kidnapped and killed
William J. Burns	Government	19-Oct-1861	14-Apr-1932	FBI Director, 1921-24
Bud Carson	Football	28-Apr-1931	8-Dec-2005	Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77
Christine Chubbuck	Journalist	24-Aug-1944	15-Jul-1974	Newscaster, suicided on live TV
Barber Conable	Politician	2-Nov-1922	30-Nov-2003	World Bank President, Congressman
Raymond A. Esthus	Historian	17-Mar-1925	2-Jan-2012	Theodore Roosevelt and Japan
Otto Graham	Football	6-Dec-1921	17-Dec-2003	NFL Hall of Famer
MacKinlay Kantor	Author	4-Feb-1904	11-Oct-1977	Andersonville
Emmett Kelly	Performance Artist	9-Dec-1898	28-Mar-1979	Weary Willy, circus clown
George H. Lesch	Business	10-Oct-1909	22-Sep-1994	CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1960-71
Heinie Manush	Baseball	20-Jul-1901	12-May-1971	MLB Hall of Famer
Walter E. Mattson	Business	6-Jun-1932	30-Dec-2016	President of the New York Times, 1979-92
Robert C. Randall	Victim	23-Jan-1948	2-Jun-2001	First recipient of federal marijuana
David A. Reed	Politician	21-Dec-1880	10-Feb-1953	US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35
Philip Van Doren Stern	Author	10-Sep-1900	31-Jul-1984	It's A Wonderful Life
Hoyt Wilhelm	Baseball	26-Jul-1923	23-Aug-2002	Knuckleball relief pitcher

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