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Fred Townes 1904 - 2001

Fred Townes of Pompano Beach, Broward County, FL was born on April 15, 1904, and died at age 96 years old on March 10, 2001.
Fred Townes
Pompano Beach, Broward County, FL 33065
April 15, 1904
March 10, 2001
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  • 04/15
    1904

    Birthday

    April 15, 1904
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  • 03/10
    2001

    Death

    March 10, 2001
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    Fred Townes lived 27 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1904, in the year that Fred Townes 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 1952, at the age of 48 years old, Fred was alive when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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