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Franklin West 1904 - 1979

Franklin West of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas was born on August 11, 1904, and died at age 74 years old in March 1979.
Franklin West
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas 78222
August 11, 1904
March 1979
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Franklin West's History: 1904 - 1979

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  • 08/11
    1904

    Birthday

    August 11, 1904
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  • 03/dd
    1979

    Death

    March 1979
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Franklin West lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1904, in the year that Franklin West was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1943, at the age of 39 years old, Franklin was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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