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Bessie Hollis 1904 - 1996

Bessie Hollis of Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ was born on December 7, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on April 15, 1996.
Bessie Hollis
Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ 07304
December 7, 1904
April 15, 1996
Female
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Bessie Hollis' History: 1904 - 1996

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  • 12/7
    1904

    Birthday

    December 7, 1904
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  • 04/15
    1996

    Death

    April 15, 1996
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    Bessie Hollis lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1904, in the year that Bessie Hollis was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1949, when she was 45 years old, on January 25th, the first Emmy Awards (for television) were handed out in Los Angeles. Shirley Dinsdale won for the Most Outstanding Television Personality and Pantomime Quiz Time earned an Emmy for the Most Popular Television Program.
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