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Ben Robert Matson 1940 - 2011

Ben Robert Matson of Cape Coral, Lee County, Florida was born on January 9, 1940, and died at age 71 years old on July 14, 2011.
Ben Robert Matson
Cape Coral, Lee County, Florida 33993
January 9, 1940
July 14, 2011
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  • 01/9
    1940

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    January 9, 1940
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  • 07/14
    2011

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    July 14, 2011
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    Ben Robert Matson lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1940, in the year that Ben Robert Matson was born, on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
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In 1955, at the age of only 15 years old, Ben was alive when on September 30th, movie star James Dean, 24, died in a car accident. He was headed in his new Porsche 550 to a race in Salinas California when, traveling at 85 mph, he collided with a 1950 Ford Tudor, also speeding, driven by a 23 year old college student. Dean died, his passenger and the other driver survived.
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