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Bess Corgan 1891 - 1983

Bess Corgan of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon was born on November 28, 1891, and died at age 92 years old in December 1983.

Bess Corgan
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Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 97214
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November 28, 1891
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In 1891, in the year that Bess Corgan was born, James Naismith, at the Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, invented the game of basketball. Originally using two peach baskets and a soccer ball, he created the game to keep his students active during the long, harsh New England winters.
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In 1907, Bess was 16 years old when the showman Florenz Ziegfeld introduced his Ziegfeld Follies. Ziegfeld was inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris and the show was a step up from the then current vaudeville shows. The top entertainers of the time played in the Follies but the stars were the Ziegfeld girls - beautiful chorus girls in elaborate costumes. For almost a quarter of a century, the Ziegfeld follies were the toast of Broadway.
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Corgan, Francis (May 14, 1934 - Jul 27, 2001) Corgan, William (Sep 15, 1926 - Feb 4, 2008) Corgan, Muriel (Apr 14, 1925 - May 31, 1989) Corgan, Frank (Sep 13, 1902 - Mar 1984) Corgan, Catherine (Apr 3, 1914 - Nov 1973) Corgan, Thomas (Aug 26, 1922 - Jul 6, 2000) Corgan, John (Dec 31, 1915 - Apr 1973) Corgan, Catherine (Jan 29, 1924 - Jan 16, 2010) Corgan, Nora (Sep 17, 1890 - Apr 1970) Corgan, George (Jul 1, 1920 - Jan 28, 1999)
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