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Catherine Avella 1924 - 2007

Catherine Avella of Scotch Plains, Union County, NJ was born on October 17, 1924, and died at age 82 years old on March 20, 2007.
Catherine Avella
Scotch Plains, Union County, NJ 07076
October 17, 1924
March 20, 2007
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  • 10/17
    1924

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    October 17, 1924
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  • 03/20
    2007

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    March 20, 2007
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    Catherine Avella lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1924, in the year that Catherine Avella was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1957, Catherine was 33 years old when on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.
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