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Dorothy Gillis 1924 - 1990

Dorothy Gillis of River Edge, Bergen County, NJ was born on January 31, 1924, and died at age 66 years old on September 29, 1990.
Dorothy Gillis
River Edge, Bergen County, NJ 07661
January 31, 1924
September 29, 1990
Female
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  • 01/31
    1924

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    January 31, 1924
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  • 09/29
    1990

    Death

    September 29, 1990
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    Dorothy Gillis lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1924, in the year that Dorothy Gillis 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 1958, at the age of 34 years old, Dorothy was alive when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.
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