McVicar’s daring escape from top security Durham prison in 1968 was made into a hit 1980 film starring The Who singer Roger Daltrey. John wrote the screenplay after renouncing a life of crime and ...

John McVicar died on 6 September 2022 of a heart attack, aged 82. He was a seasoned ex-convict who turned his hand from armed robbery to a career in journalism, writing about crime and justice for the ...

Geraldine I. McVicar, 88, of Blakely, died Monday at home. Her husband was the late John McVicar, who died in 1998. Born in Dickson City, daughter of the late Albert and Josephine Baciewicz Tarnosky, ...

Funeral services for John McVicar, retired Rocky Hill High School teacher and boys soccer coach who died Wednesday, will be Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Seton Church in Rocky Hill. McVicar ...

It was October 29, 1968 - and just another average Tuesday. In the news, violence erupted outside the American embassy in London when an anti-Vietnam War protest got out of hand. In the pop charts, ...

John Joseph McVicar, 71, of Rocky Hill, died peacefully in the arms of his loving wife of 47 years, Eileen P. (Horgan) McVicar, on Wednesday (October 8, 2003) after a long, courageous battle with ...

THE son of notorious underworld figure-turned-journalist John McVicar has failed in a bid to get his 16-year jail term overturned. Russell Grant, 45, of no fixed abode, targeted two security guards ...

John McVicar, reformed villain who gained in popularity with his autobiography, has teamed up with the Marquess of Bath to give Bulgarian tourist industry a shot in the arm, the Daily Telegraph ...

FORMER Public Enemy No1 John McVicar has died destitute. The ex-bank robber, 82, collapsed of a suspected heart attack while walking his husky dog Lucky. Please ...