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Floyd F Bennett 1927 - 2008

Floyd F Bennett of Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, VA was born on August 21, 1927, and died at age 80 years old on March 19, 2008.
Floyd F Bennett
Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, VA 23703
August 21, 1927
March 19, 2008
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Floyd F Bennett's History: 1927 - 2008

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  • 08/21
    1927

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    August 21, 1927
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  • 03/19
    2008

    Death

    March 19, 2008
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    Floyd F Bennett lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1927, in the year that Floyd F Bennett was born, 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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In 1939, Floyd was merely 12 years old when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.
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