And this would go for $5,000, $10,000. And Paul Furber suddenly says, this is not the real Q anymore. Michael Gross has been celebrated as a true miracle since his 1982 World Cup. I'm going to have to Google this QAnon thing. Michael Gross kept staying because he couldnt resist playing Burt, he continued. Michael Gross. Thea Chaloner directed today's show. And they say - you know, maybe it's a story about children being abused, for example. Michael Gross was born on June 21, 1947 and is 75 years old now. He's been reporting on QAnon since it began. With a shock ending that seems to set up the end of the long-running franchise, Michael Gross may have played Burt Gummer, for the last time in he just-released Tremors: Shrieker Island. GROSS: So now there's a new development. There is sort of this QAnon criminal underground. Copyright 2023 NPR. He's the one guy who knows that more than anyone. Today, in the Instagram generation, Michael Gross could have staged his Adonis body in a completely different way. Related Dune: House Atreides First Look Revealed. The veteran actor has starred in several television, film, and theater productions, including "Family Ties," which launched his career. It was sort of a fringe person who other QAnon believers think is a kook. I'm Terry Gross. If you're just joining us, my guest is Will Sommer, author of the new book "Trust The Plan: The Rise Of QAnon And The Conspiracy That Unhinged America." SOMMER: Exactly. So tell us a little bit about 8kun and its predecessor, 8chan, and how they have been linked to either knowing or being Q. SOMMER: Sure. How Old - Age: 75. He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet, " they said. In the pictures, it was speculated that the man was indeed Presley, who were being guarded by security guards around him. " He joins the long list of celebrities who have been victimized by this hoax. Mike Tyson fans thought he really passed away. He told me that ''MICHAEL STILL ALIVE'' Michael Jackson's doctor says Michael is still alive, I Interviewed The His Doctor. He lived long enough to make love with his new bride, Jane, the virgin mother. Michael Caine. Or maybe one of them is Q. Netflix. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. George Michael was 27 years old when he met Anselmo in a hotel lobby. You just expose adrenaline to oxygen. SOMMER: Sure. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz ($40 million) and Dr. Seuss ($35 million) round out the top five. He made his 6 million dollar fortune with Family Ties. And so he was running this website. For QAnon believers like her, it's metaphysical. Burt GummerHorror MovieKevin BaconMichael GrossReba McEntireTremorsTremors: Shrieker Island. So what is the blood libel, and how does it connect to the whole adrenochrome conspiracy? News of Michael Jackson 's death on June 25, 2009 stunned the world. I think it is this appeal of frustration with American politics that people just - you know, essentially they want a military coup. So one of the major ones is a question of whether JFK Jr. faked his death in the '90s from a plane crash and is, in fact, still alive. The video of Michael Jackson's last day have been lost. They believe that adrenochrome is a substance you can only get from a child's pineal gland, and you can't just sort of tap the kid and take it out. So that's what leads people to believe - and to my mind, even though he denies this, this is the most compelling explanation of who currently controls Q - is Jim and his son Ron Watkins had seized control of Q to draw more people to their channel. And that's what they call - and this is something that comes up a lot - a psyop. A fake patriot. Some theorists claim that a video, which emerged after the . But, you know, it's very difficult. It's hosted by Michael Flynn, General Michael Flynn, who was the first national security adviser to Trump. Michael's father worked as a porter at a fish market while his mother uses to be a cook and a charwoman. Michael Peterson lives in a ground floor apartment. GROSS: And in the U.S., there are factions and there are splits within QAnon. And so I think, perhaps, if he came to believe that this was something that was turning America to the right, that he saw it as something that was good. I mean, the ways that these messages can shift based on who's telling them and sort of the fight over the QAnon audience is really something to behold. According to the New York Times, Jason Elzy, head of public relations . Let's get back to my interview with Will Sommer, author of the new book "Trust The Plan: The Rise Of QAnon And The Conspiracy That Unhinged America." He is regarded to be one of the 20th century's most influential cultural icons. GROSS: That's the thing. "Because they came to me. The writer, who birthed the theory that Elvis had mafia connections and had to go into witness protection, claimed the phone call was recorded after Elvis contacted her directly. Accuracy and availability may vary. So first of all, yeah, let's take Ginni Thomas. The siblings are first cousins to actor Ron Masak. Sommer says he has an unusual passion for consuming huge amounts of right-wing media after having been raised in a conservative Texas family where road trips meant listening to Rush Limbaugh's talk radio show. I'm Terry Gross. But when I said to him, you know - are these pizza socks about Pizzagate, you know; are you wearing this QAnon pin because of QAnon? And this kind of keys into who the originator of QAnon is. SOMMER: Right. They thought that would be when Trump would execute his enemies, send everyone, like, from Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton to Tom Hanks to Guantanamo Bay. 0. This is FRESH AIR. 6 million Dollar. I interviewed Ron Watkins when he was in D.C. to speak to Congress about these mass shootings. No one has yet succeeded. The amateur, black-and-white snapshot was taken by a tourist on November 4, 2019. Birthday: June 21, 1947. He discussed what gives the eccentric survivalist staying power and what keeps the actor coming back for more. Why do they, you know, stage these mass shootings? [4] However, his longest-running and highest-profile role has been Burt Gummer in the Tremors franchise, having played the role for thirty years from the release of the original Tremors in 1990 to Tremors: Shrieker Island in 2020. You've talked to people who've tried to track down Q's identity. He celebrated his birthday on January 8, however this year, like many since August 1977, would have seen his family . How did that become a foundational belief of QAnon? Received an M.F.A. Things go wrong, and Burt is called in to take matters into his own hands. You mentioned that Michael Flynn was auctioning off a lot of items, including an autographed baseball bat, a bat autographed by Flynn himself that he sold for $7,000. But he positioned himself as sort of a trusted acolyte of Q and someone who is sort of the interpreter for Q, his sort of oracle of Delphi. But even within the movement, you have people who say, well, that group's looking - making us look silly; we're a serious operation here. Vote For The 2021 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards; First Stats Announced! I talked to one QAnon believer who said she threw up because she was so upset. And I'm talking about Alex Jones of Infowars fame and Jerome Corsi, who was one of the fathers of contemporary conspiracy theories. It's difficult to get into. I mean, this is one of the most fascinating things to cover about QAnon, is how QAnon more broadly, for someone outside of it, looks so ridiculous. And the father said, well, you know, ha, ha. And do you think that blonde woman near him looks like JFK Jr.'s wife? And thank you for being with us. Michael Edward Gross (born June 21, 1947) is an American television, film, and stage actor. Goss claimed that George had . But, you know, in particular, during the Trump administration, when there were very few articles even about QAnon - and that's how so many people came to me - there was - it's just incredibly difficult. So this is a guy who looks like, you know - and I don't think he would dispute this. Today, in the Instagram generation, Michael Gross could have staged his Adonis body in a completely different way. Many viewers who knew Michael from Primetime television were excited to see him in Daytime, and were intrigued with his interactions with his son, Michael [Christian LeBlanc], and his ex, Gloria [Judith Chapman . "There were cameras on the [] So the blood libel is this topic that emerged around the 13th century. This is FRESH AIR. "I said, 'I can live with this,'" Gross said. Fox Death Hoax Dismissed Since Actor Is 'Alive And Well'. GROSS: And, of course, there's money involved. That's why, you know, Trump couldn't take them down this time. The 20 biggest pieces of proof that Michael Jackson still alive in 2022. I mean, so two things here - one is a Supreme Court justice's wife is basically quoting QAnon beliefs. By Russ Burlingame GROSS: Right. He attended St. Francis Xavier [2] and St. Genevieve[3] schools in Chicago in his early years, graduating from the latter in 1961. In the year 1944 Michael won a scholarship to Hockey Downs School. SOMMER: Yeah, so certainly I think people cycle in and out of QAnon. And, you know, there's an entire industry built up online focused on sucking people into QAnon. Actor: Family Ties. [5] His performance in Tremors 3: Back to Perfection earned him a Best Actor award from the DVD Exclusive Awards, formerly known as the Video Premiere Awards. And it's incredibly easy to make. So it's like, who's making money? UPDATE 02/03/2023 : This story seems to be false. Updated on September 30, 2021, by Michael Chaar: David Hasselhoff was once upon a time the "it" actor. July 14, 2021 by Frank Lake. 2020 has been a tough year for us all, leaving many to look forward to 2021. This nice actor originating from Chicago, Illinois, United States has a tall body & round face type. Gross is a fan of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. It's the answer to, why does the cabal do this? This is FRESH AIR. SOMMER: Sure. And the singer claimed that he knew instantly that he was seeing someone that was going to come to mean a whole lot to him in due time. He's, like, Alex Jones' QAnon correspondent. Yes, Katherine's total net worth is $120 million as of February 2023. His most notable roles are fatherly figure Steven Keaton from Family Ties and graboid hunter Burt Gummer from the Tremors film and television series. The images that could reveal what happened on June 25, mysteriously disappeared from the mansion of the star. And so it's stocked with a lot of - it's a lot of kind of COVID quacks, a lot of people, you know, pushing ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and a lot of leading QAnon figures. 10. SOMMER: The amount of money involved in these events, I think people often really don't realize the - as you said, I went to an auction of QAnon paraphernalia. Michael Gross was born on June 21, 1947 and is 72 years old now. So, like, it doesn't match the world, the real world. And so I'll say, OK, sure. "I truly am a survivalist, in more ways than one. And that's why in 2024, we'll just have to work extra hard to elect him. Shrieker Island looks to be his last hurrah (no spoilers) but the 73-year-old is open to a reboot under the right conditions. Investigators swiftly [] Today. Dan Brown's net worth is approximately $178 million.