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Florence Goodhart (1897 - 1982)

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Florence Goodhart
1897 - 1982
Born
May 18, 1897
Death
April 1982
Last Known Residence
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 19111
Summary
Florence Goodhart of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania was born on May 18, 1897, and died at age 84 years old in April 1982.
Updated: October 7, 2011
Biography ID: 26084228

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Florence Goodhart passed away at age 84 years old in April 1982. Florence Goodhart of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania was born on May 18, 1897.

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Florence Goodhart lived 9 years longer than the average Goodhart family member when she died at the age of 84.
The average age of a Goodhart family member is 75.
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1897 - 1982 World Events

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In 1897, in the year that Florence Goodhart was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".

In 1943, she was 46 years old when on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.

In 1956, by the time she was 59 years old, on May 20th, the U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. The Atomic Age moved forward.

In 1963, when she was 66 years old, on November 22nd, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States when President John Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was sworn in on the plane carrying Kennedy's body back to Washington D.C.

In 1982, in the year of Florence Goodhart's passing, on September 14th, Princess Grace of Monaco (American actress Grace Kelly), 52, died of injuries when her car plunged off a mountain road. Her 17 year old daughter, Stephanie, was also in the car and suffered serious injuries but recovered. It's believed that the accident was caused when Princess Grace, who was driving, had a mild stroke.

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