The Resume

(December 17, 1962-August 29, 2007)
Security guard at 1996 Olympics in Georgia
Discovered the pipe bomb that eventually blew up at Olympic Park (July 27, 1996)
FBI accused him of being the chief suspect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing

Why he might be annoying:

He sued the NY Post for $15,000,000 for articles and cartoons depicting him as the Olympic bomber.
NBC settled for $500,000 on a threat of being sued.
CNN settled also.
He cried while on the stand.

Why he might not be annoying:

He said: 'While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation.
In their mad rush to fulfill their own personal agendas, the FBI and the media almost destroyed me and my mother.'
He is ranked in People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People (1996).

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12171962)
• Dicks and Johnsons
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 44)
• I Have Diabetes
• Men Caught Weeping in Public
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1996]
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Profiles 2501-2750 (Ranked: 2734)
• Sued the Tabloids
• Too Old to Still Live at Home

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 37 Votes: 27.03% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 28 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 30 Votes: 36.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 30.43% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 35.38% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 57 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 491 Votes: 43.38% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 112 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 251 Votes: 44.22% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 297 Votes: 44.11% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 775 Votes: 42.84% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1982 Votes: 57.11% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 750 Votes: 46.80% Annoying