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Bessie Minks 1921 - 2002

Bessie Minks of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, MO was born on January 22, 1921, and died at age 81 years old on April 10, 2002.
Bessie Minks
Poplar Bluff, Butler County, MO 63902
January 22, 1921
April 10, 2002
Female
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  • 01/22
    1921

    Birthday

    January 22, 1921
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  • 04/10
    2002

    Death

    April 10, 2002
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    Bessie Minks lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1921, in the year that Bessie Minks was born, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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In 1957, at the age of 36 years old, Bessie was alive when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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