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George Jerry Soyka 1927 - 2005

George Jerry Soyka of Burbank, Los Angeles County, California was born on March 17, 1927, and died at age 77 years old on January 12, 2005.
George Jerry Soyka
Burbank, Los Angeles County, California 91505
March 17, 1927
January 12, 2005
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  • 03/17
    1927

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    March 17, 1927
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  • 01/12
    2005

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    January 12, 2005
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    George Jerry Soyka lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1927, in the year that George Jerry Soyka 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 1943, at the age of 16 years old, George 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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