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Bessie Alexopoulos 1927 - 2003

Bessie Alexopoulos of Hobart, Lake County, IN was born on July 15, 1927, and died at age 75 years old on February 9, 2003.
Bessie Alexopoulos
Hobart, Lake County, IN 46342
July 15, 1927
February 9, 2003
Female
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  • 07/15
    1927

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    July 15, 1927
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  • 02/9
    2003

    Death

    February 9, 2003
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    Bessie Alexopoulos lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1927, in the year that Bessie Alexopoulos was born, 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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In 1943, at the age of 16 years old, Bessie was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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