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Edward Devern 1904 - 1974

Edward Devern of Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina was born on May 27, 1904, and died at age 69 years old in February 1974.
Edward Devern
Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina 28016
May 27, 1904
February 1974
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    1904

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    May 27, 1904
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    1974

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    February 1974
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    Edward Devern lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1904, in the year that Edward Devern 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 1924, when he was 20 years old, 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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