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Blas Torres 1927 - 1987

Blas Torres of Adjuntas, Adjuntas County, Puerto Rico was born on April 20, 1927, and died at age 60 years old in April 1987.
Blas Torres
Adjuntas, Adjuntas County, Puerto Rico 00601
April 20, 1927
April 1987
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  • 04/20
    1927

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    April 20, 1927
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  • 04/dd
    1987

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    April 1987
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    Blas Torres lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 59.
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In 1927, in the year that Blas Torres was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1943, at the age of 16 years old, Blas was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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