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Horace Roby 1909 - 2004

Horace Roby of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on May 28, 1909, and died at age 94 years old on January 23, 2004.
Horace Roby
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60636
May 28, 1909
January 23, 2004
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Horace Roby's History: 1909 - 2004

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  • 05/28
    1909

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    May 28, 1909
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  • 01/23
    2004

    Death

    January 23, 2004
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    Horace Roby lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1909, in the year that Horace Roby was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1924, Horace was just 15 years old when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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