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Leon Korda 1924 - 2005

Leon Korda of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on June 28, 1924, and died at age 80 years old on April 24, 2005.

Leon Korda
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Chicago, Cook County, IL 60629
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In 1924, in the year that Leon Korda was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1948, Leon was 24 years old when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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Korda, Inga (Jun 25, 1905 - Jun 12, 1999) Korda, Gerhard (Sep 3, 1921 - Jul 20, 2007) Korda, Mary (Feb 23, 1934 - Jun 11, 1996) Korda, Abraham (Jun 19, 1895 - Oct 22, 1987) Korda, Tibor (Jun 7, 1905 - Nov 1971) Korda, Walter (Jun 6, 1898 - Nov 1983) Korda, Alexander (Apr 12, 1919 - Jul 10, 1997) Korda, William (Jun 3, 1923 - Apr 5, 2009) Korda, Nellie (Nov 25, 1893 - Jul 1970) Korda, Jeanne (Dec 31, 1946 - Sep 10, 2010)
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