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Leona Eddy 1897 - 1984

Leona Eddy of Ada, Hardin County, Ohio was born on April 7, 1897, and died at age 87 years old in May 1984.
Leona Eddy
Ada, Hardin County, Ohio 45810
April 7, 1897
May 1984
Female
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Leona Eddy's History: 1897 - 1984

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    1897

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    April 7, 1897
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  • 05/dd
    1984

    Death

    May 1984
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    Leona Eddy lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1897, in the year that Leona Eddy was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1924, Leona was 27 years old when 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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