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Donald R Rittgers 1921 - 2006

Donald R Rittgers of Emporia, Lyon County, KS was born on June 14, 1921, and died at age 85 years old on June 27, 2006.
Donald R Rittgers
Emporia, Lyon County, KS 66801
June 14, 1921
June 27, 2006
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  • 06/14
    1921

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    June 14, 1921
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  • 06/27
    2006

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    June 27, 2006
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    Donald R Rittgers lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1921, in the year that Donald R Rittgers 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 1945, Donald was 24 years old when on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.
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