JAMES EARL RAY - The Last Days of Inmate # 65477 by author Michael Gabriel is a true story. After 30 years of incarceration, the most controversial inmate in the history of the American criminal justice system died on April 23, 1998.
I visited James Earl Ray for an hour a day,7 days a week - during the last 6 months of his life and I kept a daily journal to record and document the time we spent, as he fought to obtain a new trial and a liver transplant operation.
Comedian - Actor (SAG) Michael Gabriel was born in Oakridge, Tennessee and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. The author of the book JAMES EARL RAY- The Last Days of Inmate # 65477, Gabriel has also appeared in numerous feature films including CRY BABY, FORREST GUMP, AVALON, and a dozen others.