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Fannie Cates 1905 - 1982

Fannie Cates of Durham, Durham County, North Carolina was born on March 13, 1905, and died at age 76 years old in January 1982.
Fannie Cates
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina 27705
March 13, 1905
January 1982
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  • 03/13
    1905

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    March 13, 1905
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  • 01/dd
    1982

    Death

    January 1982
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    Fannie Cates lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1905, in the year that Fannie Cates was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1927, at the age of 22 years old, Fannie was alive when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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