Gomer L Finch
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Gomer L Finch (1897 - 1991)

Gomer L Finch was born on November 27, 1897. He died on January 25, 1991 at age 93. We know that Gomer L Finch had been residing in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.
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Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

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Gomer L Finch lived 23 years longer than the average Finch family member when he died at the age of 93.

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1897 - In the year that Gomer L Finch 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".

1901 - At the age of just 4 years old, Gomer was alive when shortly after beginning his second term, President McKinley was assassinated by the self proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz. The last President to have served in the Civil War - he began as a private and ended the war as a brevet major - McKinley was a Republican. First elected in 1896, he was re-elected in 1900. Six months after the swearing in, McKinley was shot - and died of the gangrene that set in as a result.

1923 - He was 26 years old when on August 2nd, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th President of the United States due to the sudden death of Warren G. Harding. After the scandals of the Harding presidency, Coolidge restored public confidence and was very popular. He won the Presidential election in 1924 but declined to run again in 1928.

1983 - Gomer was 86 years old when physicist Sally K. Ride, 32, became the first US woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger on June 18th. She was also the youngest (32) astronaut to go into space. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space in 1963.

1991 - In the year of Gomer L Finch's passing, on November 7th, legendary basketball player Magic Johnson announced that he had HIV. In 1991, the public was confused about the difference between HIV and AIDS (HIV is a virus that can lead to AIDS) and there was little treatment for either. Most thought that Johnson would die within a year or so. Also, the transmission of AIDS wasn't understood so he had to retire from basketball. Magic Johnson is still alive and well.

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Gomer L Finch passed away on January 25, 1991 at 93 years old. No cause of death has been entered. He was born on November 27, 1897. There is no information about Gomer's family or relationships. We know that Gomer L Finch had been residing in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.

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