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Bessie Smith 1885 - 1967

Bessie Smith of Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida was born on July 14, 1885, and died at age 81 years old in January 1967.
Bessie Smith
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida 33701
July 14, 1885
January 1967
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1885 - 1967

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  • 07/14
    1885

    Birthday

    July 14, 1885
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  • 01/dd
    1967

    Death

    January 1967
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    Bessie Smith lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1885, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on June 17th, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. Two hundred thousand people and hundreds of boats greeted the statue. It had to be assembled but that had to wait until the pedestal was completed the following April.
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In 1900, by the time she was just 15 years old, artist Henri Matisse, born in 1869 in France, began the fauvist movement. Only lasting a few years in popularity (ending around 1904), fauvism was in many ways the beginning of modern art. Matisse was fond of bright, vibrant colors and used them in his paintings - contrary to the muted use of color previously. While the fauvist movement declined in popularity, Matisse did not and he went on to create many more works of art and even a museum for his work, 2 years before his death in 1954. (In French, les Fauves means "the wild beasts". Matisse and those who followed his example were called "beasts" because of the bold colors that they used in their artwork.)
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