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Maurice Van Praag 1925 - 1984

Maurice Van Praag was born on November 25, 1925 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts United States to Annie Vanpraag, and was the father of Lawrence J. Vanpraag. Maurice Van Praag died at age 58 years old on February 25, 1984 in TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maurice Van Praag.

Maurice Van Praag

November 25, 1925

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

February 25, 1984

Texas, United States

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1925

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November 25, 1925

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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts United States

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1984

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February 25, 1984

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Maurice Van Praag lived 14 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 58.

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In 1925, in the year that Maurice Van Praag was born, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".

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In 1945, Maurice was 20 years old when on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.

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Maurice Van Praag's Family Tree & Friends

Maurice Van Praag's Family Tree

Annie Vanpraag Dec 21, 1891 - Mar 1976

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Maurice Van Praag Nov 25, 1925 - Feb 25, 1984

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