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Bessie Smith 1912 - 2004

Bessie Smith of Lexington, Fayette County, KY was born on November 22, 1912, and died at age 91 years old on February 1, 2004.
Bessie Smith
Lexington, Fayette County, KY 40503
November 22, 1912
February 1, 2004
Female
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  • 11/22
    1912

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    November 22, 1912
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  • 02/1
    2004

    Death

    February 1, 2004
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    Bessie Smith lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1912, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, the Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain. She said after a meeting with Baden-Powell, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" And she did.
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In 1943, when she was 31 years old, on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.
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