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Leona Merkle 1900 - 1966

Leona Merkle of Old Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut was born on June 13, 1900, and died at age 66 years old in July 1966.

Leona Merkle

Old Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut 06870

June 13, 1900

July 1966

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Leona Merkle lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.

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In 1900, in the year that Leona Merkle was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.

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In 1915, she was merely 15 years old when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.

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