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Clarence Benedict Mertens 1921 - 2010

Clarence Benedict Mertens of Minnesota was born on March 30, 1921, and died at age 89 years old on October 9, 2010.

Clarence Benedict Mertens

Minnesota

March 30, 1921

October 9, 2010

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1921

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March 30, 1921

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2010

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October 9, 2010

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Clarence Benedict Mertens lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.

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In 1921, in the year that Clarence Benedict Mertens was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

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In 1940, he was 19 years old when on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.

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