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Daughter Shelby had a new national law named after her and another child abducted (Larry Synclair Jr.) - "Synclair-Cannon Child Abduction Prevention Act Of 2002".

His estranged Irish-born wife Catherine is wanted for Parental Kidnapping after she snatched their child Shelby from his care in 1998 by using identities stolen from a tombstone in an Ireland cemetery. Shelby was later discovered in Liverpool England after an anonymous tip came from a woman who saw her picture in a newspaper article while in the airport in Scotland and recognized her as a student in her son's class back in Liverpool England.

Met Academy Award Nominated Actress, Susan Tyrell (Fat City) on the set of the 1990 film Rocklua where they then became roommates in Venice California for two years.

Directed the Documentary, S.O.S. - Saving Our Schools which he also Co-Produced with Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. and his son Jonathan Jackson in February 2010. Simon Guggenheim Elementary School was among 14 listed for closure when former student, (Josef Cannon) assembled his film crew and began a crusade along with Jonathan Jackson to save his Alma Mater. The mission was successful when "Guggenheim" was officially taken off the endangered list.

Studied to be a priest

Daughter Shelby was born on May 28, 1994

He and NBA All-Star player Dwayne Wade of Miami Heat both played high-school basketball for the same coach, Jack Fitzgerald.

Is the adoptive Grandson of World renowned artist Dr. Raymond Lark who died in 2006.

Former first grade school teacher whose students once included Actors Brandon Michael Smith (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Get Up) Damon Wayans Jr (Dance Flick & The Good Guys) Mandela Van Peebles (Jig Saw) Shakari Gault (Everybody Hates Chris), James Davis (Hood Adjacent) and Sinqua Walls (American Soul, Otherhood).