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Laura Whitson 1905 - 2004

Laura Whitson of Benham, Harlan County, KY was born on June 15, 1905, and died at age 98 years old on April 3, 2004.
Laura Whitson
Benham, Harlan County, KY 40807
June 15, 1905
April 3, 2004
Female
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  • 06/15
    1905

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    June 15, 1905
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  • 04/3
    2004

    Death

    April 3, 2004
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    Laura Whitson lived 26 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1905, in the year that Laura Whitson was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1928, at the age of 23 years old, Laura was alive when Mickie Mouse was born! He first appeared in Disney's Steamboat Willie, along with Minnie. Although they were in two previous shorts, this was the first to be distributed. Steamboat Willie took advantage of the new technology and was a "talkie" - music was coordinated with the animation. It became the most popular cartoon of its day.
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