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Demetra Gravanis 1906 - 1989

Demetra Gravanis of Crockett, Contra Costa County, CA was born on September 7, 1906, and died at age 83 years old on September 30, 1989.
Demetra Gravanis
Crockett, Contra Costa County, CA 94525
September 7, 1906
September 30, 1989
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  • 09/7
    1906

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    September 7, 1906
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  • 09/30
    1989

    Death

    September 30, 1989
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    Demetra Gravanis lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1906, in the year that Demetra Gravanis was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1921, by the time she was only 15 years old, 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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