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James Torretta 1897 - 1974

James Torretta of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on January 21, 1897, and died at age 77 years old in August 1974.

James Torretta
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Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10473
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In 1897, in the year that James Torretta 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".
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In 1904, James was merely 7 years old when 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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Torretta, Mary (Oct 14, 1888 - Jan 1978) Torretta, Charles (Nov 19, 1882 - May 1970) Torretta, Andrew (May 2, 1889 - Jul 1972) Torretta, Mary (Sep 18, 1914 - Jun 19, 1992) Torretta, Alfred (Nov 20, 1910 - Aug 12, 1989) Torretta, Adolph (Oct 3, 1879 - Mar 1967) Torretta, Elizabeth (Apr 20, 1921 - Jan 15, 2008) Torretta, John (Jul 18, 1892 - Feb 1969) Torretta, Gertrude (Oct 11, 1904 - May 28, 1992) Torretta, Dora (May 27, 1888 - Aug 1973)
Torretta, Loretta (Feb 15, 1920 - Jan 3, 2004) Torretta, Louis (Jul 18, 1921 - Mar 1982) Torretta, Concetta (Nov 14, 1920 - Apr 12, 2009) Torretta, Carmela (Oct 14, 1916 - Dec 6, 1990) Torretta, Anthony (Nov 19, 1930 - Jun 3, 1994) Torretta, Joanne (Dec 16, 1958 - Dec 1982) Torretta, Rose (Jun 7, 1915 - Aug 1972) Torretta, Adele (Aug 2, 1907 - Aug 21, 1991) Torretta, Guiseppe (Jan 12, 1909 - Feb 1969) Torretta, Lawrence (Aug 7, 1902 - Dec 1982)
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