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Ada Provins 1904 - 1994

Ada Provins of Tompkinsville, Monroe County, KY was born on March 20, 1904, and died at age 90 years old on September 22, 1994.
Ada Provins
Tompkinsville, Monroe County, KY 42167
March 20, 1904
September 22, 1994
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  • 03/20
    1904

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    March 20, 1904
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  • 09/22
    1994

    Death

    September 22, 1994
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    Ada Provins lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1904, in the year that Ada Provins was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1949, Ada was 45 years old when comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."
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