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Lawrence Rather 1921 - 2008

Lawrence Rather of Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, IL was born on August 19, 1921, and died at age 86 years old on March 3, 2008.
Lawrence Rather
Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, IL 62014
August 19, 1921
March 3, 2008
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    1921

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    August 19, 1921
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  • 03/3
    2008

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    March 3, 2008
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In 1921, in the year that Lawrence Rather was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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In 1933, at the age of only 12 years old, Lawrence was alive when on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.
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