- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJames Robert Thompson
- Nicknames
- Jim
- Big Jim
- Height6′ 6″ (1.98 m)
- James R. Thompson was born on May 8, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Jayne Carr . He died on August 14, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- SpouseJayne Carr (? - August 14, 2020) (his death, 1 child)
- Governor of Illinois (1977-1991). He was the longest serving governor in state history.
- Member of the 9/11 Commission which investigated the terrorist attacks.
- Accused by Hugh Hefner of murder in the wake of the suicide of Hefner's executive secretary, Bobbie Arnstein, claiming that Thompson manufactured charges against Arnstein in a calculated effort to get to him. Arnstein was arrested in March 1974 by federal narcotics agents, and charged with conspiring to transport cocaine from Miami to Chicago; she denied the charges. The investigation was dropped in December 1975 after the two men arrested with Arnstein refused immunity deals to testify against Hefner.
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