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Leota Delle Knisley 1904 - 2010

Leota Delle Knisley of Sherwood, Defiance County, OH was born on July 29, 1904, and died at age 105 years old on May 13, 2010.
Leota Delle Knisley
Sherwood, Defiance County, OH 43556
July 29, 1904
May 13, 2010
Female
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  • 07/29
    1904

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    July 29, 1904
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  • 05/13
    2010

    Death

    May 13, 2010
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    Leota Delle Knisley lived 34 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 105.
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In 1904, in the year that Leota Delle Knisley was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1914, she was merely 10 years old when in only his second big-screen appearance, Charlie Chaplin played the Little Tramp, his most famous character. The silent film was made in January and released the following year. Of the character, Chaplin said: "On the way to the wardrobe I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. I wanted everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large." The moustache was added to age his 24-year-old face without masking his expressions.
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