Biography
Noory was born in Detroit and grew up in Dearborn Heights with two younger sisters as Roman Catholics of Lebanese decent. He graduated from the University of Detroit in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in Communications and served 9 years as an officer in the United States Naval Reserve. In 1996 he hosted a late-night program called Nighthawk.
Noory was president of Norcom Entertainment, Inc., a St. Louis-based company that developed and marketed video training films by television to law enforcement and security agencies nationwide.
Noory and his partners in Norcom Restaurants opened a restaurant, Cafe Marrakesh and Oasis Bar, in Brentwood, Missouri in 1987. The restaurant's theme revolved around a fictional Englishman named Col. William Berry, who opened a restaurant following an exciting secret mission to Marrakesh.
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