Emmet Key
Updated Jul 14, 2017
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  1. 1. Summary
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  3. 3. Family Tree & Genealogy
  4. 4. Obituary
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Emmet Key (1914 - 1976)

Emmet Key was born on March 21, 1914. He died in March 1976 at 61 years old. We know that Emmet Key had been residing in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.
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Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida

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Emmet Key lived 9 years shorter than the average Key family member when he died at the age of 61.

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Key family

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john boliver key

john boliver key

george washington key

george washington key

David Scott Key with son Michael

David Scott Key with son Michael

Kate and Clara Key (and grandparents?)

Kate and Clara Key (and grandparents?)

Kate and Clara Key

Kate and Clara Key

Thomas Hewitt Key

Thomas Hewitt Key

W.P. Key

W.P. Key

George & Will

George & Will

Sons of Baron Lafayette Key

Sons of Baron Lafayette Key

John Henry Key and family

John Henry Key and family

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Timeline

1914 - In the year that Emmet Key was born, in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.

1919 - He was just 5 years old when in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.

1921 - When he was only 7 years old, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..

1945 - When he was 31 years old, 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.

1976 - In the year of Emmet Key's passing, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."

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Emmet Key died in March 1976 at 61 years old. No cause of death has been listed for Emmet. He was born on March 21, 1914. We are unaware of information about Emmet's family or relationships. We know that Emmet Key had been residing in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.

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