Hoover biography wikipedia
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Hoover
Hoover may refer to:
Music
[edit]- Hoover (band), an American post-hardcore band
- Hooverphonic, a Belgian band originally named Hoover
- Hoover (singer), Willis Hoover, a country and western performer active in s and '70s
- "Hoover" (song), a song by Swedish rapper Yung Lean
- Hoover sound, a heavy bass driven drone sound used in electronic music
- Hoover (composer), Katherine Hoover an American contemporary classical music and chamber music composer.
People
[edit]Places in the United States
[edit]- Hoover, Alabama, the 6th largest city in Alabama
- Hoover, Indiana
- Hoover, Missouri
- Hoover, Oklahoma
- Hoover, South Dakota
- Hoover, Texas
- Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona
- Hoover Dam (Ohio), on the Big Walnut Creek
- Hoover Field, Washington, D.C.'s first airport, located where the Pentagon now stands
- Hoover Tower, an metre (&#;ft) structure on the campus of Stanford University
Schools
[edit]Other uses
[edit]- The Hoover Company, a manufac
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Larry Hoover
American mobster (born )
Larry Hoover Sr (born November 30, )[3][2][6] is a former American gangster and street gang kingpin. He is the founder of the Chicago street gang, the Gangster Disciples.
Hoover is currently serving six life sentences at the ADX Florence prison facility in Fremont County, Colorado. He was previously sentenced to life imprisonment plus years for a murder. However, in , following a year investigation, he was convicted of conspiracy, extortion, money laundering, and running a continuing criminal enterprise from state prison, and received another life term. He has made multiple attempts to have his sentence shortened.[7][8]
Early and personal life
[edit]Hoover was born on November 30, , in Jackson, Mississippi. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, at the age of four.[9] At the age of 13, Hoover dropped out of junior high and joined a gang called the Supreme Gangsters, when he was invo
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The Hoover Company
American home appliance company
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The Hoover Company is a home appliance company founded in Ohio, United States, in It also established a major base in the United Kingdom, where it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry during most of the 20th century, to the point where the Hoover brand name became synonymous with vacuum cleaners and vacuuming in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Hoover North America was once part of Maytag, but was sold by Maytag's new owners Whirlpool Corporation in to Hong Kong multinational manufacturing company Techtronic Industries for $ million. Hoover International had already split from Hoover North America in , and was acquired by Candy in , which was acquired bygd Haier in [1]
In addition to producing floorcare products, Hoover was also an iconic domestic appliance brand in Europe, particularly well known for its washing machines and tumble dryers in the UK a