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Eva Watkins 1924 - 1978

Eva Watkins was born on April 8, 1924, and died at age 54 years old in August 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eva Watkins.
Eva Watkins
April 8, 1924
August 1978
Female
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  • 04/8
    1924

    Birthday

    April 8, 1924
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  • 08/dd
    1978

    Death

    August 1978
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    Eva Watkins lived 17 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 54.
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In 1924, in the year that Eva Watkins 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 1931, Eva was just 7 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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