Houston practiced law in Reno for more than 30 years. He died on Saturday following complications from a surgery, according to his friend and law partner Ken Lyon. “You could talk to any attorney and they would say Dave was one of the most outstanding legal minds,” Lyons said told the Reno Gazette Journal on Monday.
Grand Ole Opry star David Houston, who won a Grammy for the 1966 million-seller country music classic "Almost Persuaded," died Tuesday at age 57. He suffered a ruptured brain aneurism Thanksgiving Day and never regained consciousness, said a spokesman for Bossier Medical Center in Bossier City, La.
Charles J. HarderCharles J. Harder, the lawyer who represented Hulk Hogan in his successful lawsuit against Gawker Media, has brought a new legal action directed at one of its former websites, Jezebel, on behalf of a self-described life-coach who said a 2016 article accuses his therapy group of being a cult.
November 30, 1993David Houston / Date of death
57 years (1935–1993)David Houston / Age at death
Charles HarderBell is being represented by Charles Harder, the same lawyer who represented Hulk Hogan in his lawsuit against Gawker Media over the publication of the professional wrestler's sex tape. Gawker was ultimately forced into bankruptcy following a $140 million judgment against it in the Hogan case.
Gawker MediaGawker / OwnerGawker Media LLC was an American online media company and blog network. It was founded by Nick Denton in October 2003 as Blogwire, and was based in New York City. Wikipedia
On June 10, 2016, Gawker filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay Hogan $140 million in damages. On August 18, 2016, Gawker Media announced that its namesake blog would be ceasing operations the following week. Its other websites were unaffected, and continued to be run by Univision.