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Bessie M Smith 1929 - 2011

Bessie M Smith of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI was born on August 15, 1929, and died at age 81 years old on July 25, 2011.
Bessie M Smith
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI 53206
August 15, 1929
July 25, 2011
Female
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  • 08/15
    1929

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    August 15, 1929
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  • 07/25
    2011

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    July 25, 2011
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    Bessie M Smith lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1929, in the year that Bessie M Smith was born, on March 4th, Herbert Hoover became the 31st President of the United States. Early in his presidency, the October stock market crash - "Black Tuesday" - occurred, which lead to the Great Depression. None of his economic policies were able to make a dent in the Depression. This lead to one term and the election of Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt winning the 1933 election in a landslide.
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In 1934, Bessie was only 5 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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