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Leon Dene Sledge 1921 - 2011

Leon Dene Sledge of Odessa, Ector County, Texas was born on May 26, 1921, and died at age 89 years old on May 16, 2011.
Leon Dene Sledge
Odessa, Ector County, Texas 79762
May 26, 1921
May 16, 2011
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    1921

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    May 26, 1921
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  • 05/16
    2011

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    May 16, 2011
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    Leon Dene Sledge lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1921, in the year that Leon Dene Sledge was born, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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In 1939, Leon was 18 years old when 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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