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Bessie Smith 1896 - 1987

Bessie Smith of Damascus, Faulkner County, Arkansas was born on June 21, 1896, and died at age 90 years old in March 1987.
Bessie Smith
Damascus, Faulkner County, Arkansas 72039
June 21, 1896
March 1987
Female
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  • 06/21
    1896

    Birthday

    June 21, 1896
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  • 03/dd
    1987

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    March 1987
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    Bessie Smith lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1896, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on August 17th, the first pedestrian v car fatality occurred in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, was walking with her family on the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London when she was hit by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall. Edsall claimed to be going 4.5 mph and Driscoll's death was ruled an "accidental death" after an inquest.
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In 1909, by the time she was only 13 years old, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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