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Aletha Derk 1920 - 1983

Aletha Derk of Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA was born on May 9, 1920, and died at age 63 years old in November 1983.
Aletha Derk
Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA 17801
May 9, 1920
November 1983
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  • 05/9
    1920

    Birthday

    May 9, 1920
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  • 11/dd
    1983

    Death

    November 1983
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    Aletha Derk lived 11 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1920, in the year that Aletha Derk was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1932, at the age of merely 12 years old, Aletha was alive when on February 27th, actress Elizabeth Taylor was born in London. Her parents were Americans living in London and when she was 7, the family moved to Los Angeles. Her first small part in a movie was in There's One Born Every Minute in 1942 but her first starring role was in National Velvet in 1944. She became as famous for her 8 marriages (to 7 people) as she was for her beauty and films.
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