Profile
Richard Rossi
Film Maker + Actor + Minister
Male
Born
Mar 2, 1963
Age
50
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Penns...
Richard Rossi is an American filmmaker, actor, producer, musician, church planter, and healing evangelist. His 1995 trial for the attempted murder of his wife, who recanted her original identification of Rossi as her attacker and espoused his innocence… Read More
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Cambridge Councilors Appoint Rich Rossi As The Next City ManagerBoston Globe - Dec 04, 2012
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Cambridge Council To Vote On Hiring Deputy City Manager As Next City ManagerBoston Globe - Nov 30, 2012
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Ross Joins News Corp.'S Shine GroupWall Street Journal - Oct 30, 2012
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Richards Ross Takes 1st U.S. Gold At Olympic TrackBucyrus Telegraph Forum - Aug 06, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1963
Birth
Born on March 2, 1963.
TWENTIES
1988
25 Years Old
In 1988, Rossi tried and failed to change both the name of The Church of the Three Rivers and its affiliation.
He then joined the Assemblies of God the next year and led the Cranberry church, but left in 1991, saying that his ministry was too radical for the Assemblies; church officials said he left owing several thousand dollars for the church building.
THIRTIES
Rossi appeared on the Jerry Springer Show in 1994 to discuss faith healing, exorcism, and ESP.
1995
32 Years Old
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His 1995 trial for the attempted murder of his wife, who recanted her original identification of Rossi as her attacker and espoused his innocence, ended in a mistrial and was front-page news in Pittsburgh and widely covered by syndicated television news programs; Rossi eventually pled no contest to a lesser charge.
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1996
33 Years Old
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In 1996, Sherrie self-published Assault of Justice: The Richard Rossi Mystery, defending her husband and proclaiming his innocence, and claiming that charges were retaliation for exposing police corruption and a Satanic cult.
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1997
34 Years Old
After completing his probation, Rossi relocated to Hollywood with his wife and two children in 1997.
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Rossi's first Hollywood role was in the 1998 short film Jesus 2000.
2001
38 Years Old
In 2001, Rossi wrote and directed Saving Sister Aimee, a short documentary film about 1920's evangelist Aimee McPherson.
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FORTIES
2005
42 Years Old
In 2005, Rossi revisited Sister Aimee's story in the low-budget feature biopic Aimee Semple McPherson, featuring Mimi Michaels in the lead and Rance Howard as the preacher's father.
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