Eureka High School Alumni
Eureka, Missouri (MO)
Richard Cross
Eureka High School
Class of 1978
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RICHARD'S PROFILE
| First Name | Richard |
| Last Name | Cross |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1978 |
| Gender | Male |
| City | N/A |
| State/Province | CA |
| Country | United States |
| Occupation | Motion Picture Special Effects |
| Married | No |
| Favorite School Memory | Working backstage on the theater productions |
| About Me | Went to college 3 or 4 different times (electrical engineering), worked a number of odd jobs including pizza cook, air conditioning repair, nude model, costume maker, Six Flags costumed character, Six Flags assistant stage manager, and a screen printer. I also did a lot of partying. In 1985 I started working in the film and video business doing commercials and industrial videos. By 1989 I had moved to LA and gotten into the special effects business. I did work on Child's Play 2, Mom and Dad Save The World, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, Honey I Blew Up the Baby, and 15 or 20 other films (I'm in the Internet Movie Database as Richard Cross 2). I had also started my own motion control equipment company called Grey Rat Technologies. Around 2000 I had a fun little breakdown for a bunch of reasons, the primary one being the use of methamphetamines. I ended up living in my van for couple of years until 2003 while in a drug induced state of paranoid psychosis I managed to catch the Van Nuys Police station on fire. I spent a year in jail, was found to be Not Guilty due to reasons of temporary Insanity, and spent a year and a half in a state mental hospital. This last year I've been out on "conditional release". I'll probably file for restoration of my sanity sometime in the next year or so. In the meantime I've gotten back into school figuring I can use this opportunity to pick up an associates degree in computer programming and networking. I don't know if I'll make it to any reunions in the near future in that I have to get court permission if I want to ...(read more) |
Class of 1978 Alumni and Other Nearby Classes
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Class of 1985
Amanda Schlarman
Class of 2007
Jo Ferguson
Class of 1977
Bobbie Clark
Class of 1971
Ron Mertz
Class of 1958
Rob Johnston
Class of 1976
Dianna Herron
Class of 1975
George Gilbert
Class of 1961
Joann Trinceri
Class of 1982
Steve Strobing
Class of 1978
Dana Ellis
Class of 1983
Adam Cowley
Class of 1999
Madison Haumesser
Class of 2011
Pete Hunter
Class of 1994
Kelley Inman
Class of 1992
Jerry Hennessy
Class of 2001
Art Krueger
Class of 1976
Justin Allen
Class of 2006
Scott Ward
Class of 1989
Corey Johnson
Class of 2001
Kelley Kelley L Lundy
Class of 1990
Lisa Moore
Class of 1983
Katie Brittain
Class of 1994
Suzanne Judd
Class of 2001
Bill Whitworth
Class of 1971
Christie Saalfrank
Class of 1988
Wyatt Corless
Class of 2014
Linda Niehoff
Class of 1970
Tim Dauten
Class of 1988
Jessica Anderson
Class of 2006
Gary Cooper
Class of 1977
Scott W Kirn Kirn
Class of 1993
Ryan Cowley
Class of 1998
Molly Patton
Class of 2007
Stephanie Bell
Class of 1993
Jana Rosten
Class of 1998
Recent Class of 1978 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1978 Reunion for Free
Class of 1974 40th re-union
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Oct 10, 2014
Description: For more information please contact Cathy Burrus at cburrus@centurytel.net or see EHS Alumni page on Facebook.
Lets Celebrate Don Moore Class of 1977
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Sep 21, 2013
Description: Don passed away this past weekend but Debbie his wife still wants to get together. We will still have the silent auction...(read more)
Reunion Cass 1968-1978
Invited Classes: 1978
Date: Sep 13, 2008
Description: Includes food, soda, music. Payment by September 1 Bring your own cooler.