Lessie Clayton (1907 - 1983)

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James Harvey Clayton

James Harvey Clayton

Albert Goldman and Jan Clayton

Jan Clayton

Jan Clayton Actress-Singer-Dancer-Author

Jan Clayton

Robert Warren Lerner Family

George Alan Cleveland and Jan Clayton

Tommy Rettig, Jan Clayton and George Cleveland

Tommy Rettig, Jan Clayton, and Jon Provost

Tommy Rettig, Jan Clayton, George Cleveland

Tommy Rettig and Jan Clayton

Tommy Rettig, Lassie

Tommy Rettig & Lassie Cast

Russell Hayden and Jan Clayton.

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In 1907, in the year that Lessie Clayton was born, the showman Florenz Ziegfeld introduced his Ziegfeld Follies. Ziegfeld was inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris and the show was a step up from the then current vaudeville shows. The top entertainers of the time played in the Follies but the stars were the Ziegfeld girls - beautiful chorus girls in elaborate costumes. For almost a quarter of a century, the Ziegfeld follies were the toast of Broadway.

In 1959, Lessie was 52 years old when on January 3rd, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States and the first state not a part of the contiguous United States. The flag was changed to display 49 stars.

In 1963, when she was 56 years old, the British Secretary of War, 46 year old John Profumo ,was forced to resign when he lied about an affair with 19 year old Christine Keeler. Keeler was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché and charges of espionage were feared. No proof of spying was ever found.

In 1977, she was 70 years old when on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included.

In 1983, in the year of Lessie Clayton's passing, "crack" cocaine was developed in the Bahamas and spread to the United States. Previously, cocaine had been cut with other substances, diluting it. Crack was 80% pure and therefore was more addictive. It was also cheaper, making it more easily available to low income neighborhoods.