Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Reese, Samuel Norbert
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Reese, Samuel Norbert, 1934-1990
Other form(s) of name
- Reese, Sammy Reese, Samuel Dismas Reese, Samuel N. Reese, Sam Reese, S. N. Reese, S. N.
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1934-1990
History
At the time of writing, Sammy Reese was in prison and had been on death row in Missouri (he was later re-sentenced to life in prison). Merton notes: "a prisoner [-] electric chair!" Reese was baptised in prison through contact with Merton, some nuns, and Fr. Charles Dismas Clark, known as "the Hoodlum Priest." Reese became an acomplished cartoonist and artist in prison and was at times allowed to teach other prisoners art. He was released on parole in 1976 and died in 1990.