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Bennie Martin 1905 - 1985

Bennie Martin of Greenland, Ontonagon County, Michigan was born on August 29, 1905, and died at age 79 years old in February 1985.
Bennie Martin
Greenland, Ontonagon County, Michigan 49929
August 29, 1905
February 1985
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    1905

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    August 29, 1905
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    1985

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    February 1985
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    Bennie Martin lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1905, in the year that Bennie Martin was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1927, he was 22 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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