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John R Cheeks 1939 - 2004

John R Cheeks of Laurel, Jones County, MS was born on July 27, 1939, and died at age 65 years old on December 26, 2004.
John R Cheeks
Laurel, Jones County, MS 39443
July 27, 1939
December 26, 2004
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John R Cheeks' History: 1939 - 2004

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  • 07/27
    1939

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    July 27, 1939
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  • 12/26
    2004

    Death

    December 26, 2004
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    John R Cheeks lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.
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In 1939, in the year that John R Cheeks was born, in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.
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In 1943, at the age of merely 4 years old, John 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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