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Lex Thornton 1932 - 1979

Lex Thornton of Grand Rivers, Livingston County, Kentucky was born on June 14, 1932, and died at age 47 years old in June 1979.
Lex Thornton
Grand Rivers, Livingston County, Kentucky 42045
June 14, 1932
June 1979
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Lex Thornton's History: 1932 - 1979

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  • 06/14
    1932

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    June 14, 1932
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  • 06/dd
    1979

    Death

    June 1979
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    Lex Thornton lived 25 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 46.
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In 1932, in the year that Lex Thornton was born, on February 27th, actress Elizabeth Taylor was born in London. Her parents were Americans living in London and when she was 7, the family moved to Los Angeles. Her first small part in a movie was in There's One Born Every Minute in 1942 but her first starring role was in National Velvet in 1944. She became as famous for her 8 marriages (to 7 people) as she was for her beauty and films.
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In 1943, Lex was only 11 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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