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Edgar Thorpe 1904 - 1987

Edgar Thorpe of Park Hills, Saint Francois County, Missouri was born on May 21, 1904, and died at age 82 years old in January 1987.
Edgar Thorpe
Park Hills, Saint Francois County, Missouri 63601
May 21, 1904
January 1987
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    1904

    Birthday

    May 21, 1904
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  • 01/dd
    1987

    Death

    January 1987
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    Cause of death
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In 1904, in the year that Edgar Thorpe was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1945, at the age of 41 years old, Edgar was alive when on January 9th, the (over 8 month long) Battle of Luzon began in the Philippines with the United States and Filipino forces attacking Japanese forces - with the intent to take back control of the Philippines. By March, the Allies had taken control of all of the strategically and economically important locations in the Philippines but pockets of resistance held out until the surrender of Japan in August.
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