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Melvin C. Shook 1905 - 1989

Melvin C Shook of San Angelo, Tom Green County, TX was born on March 23, 1905. Melvin Shook was married to Ruth (Thomas) Shook on November 24, 1982 in Tom green County, TX, and died at age 84 years old on June 1, 1989.
Melvin C Shook
San Angelo, Tom Green County, TX 76904
March 23, 1905
June 1, 1989
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  • 03/23
    1905

    Birthday

    March 23, 1905
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  • Nationality & Locations

    Tom green County, Texas
  • 06/1
    1989

    Death

    June 1, 1989
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Melvin C. Shook lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1905, in the year that Melvin C. Shook was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1924, he was 19 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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Ruth (Thomas) Shook

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Melvin C. Shook

November 24, 1982
Marriage date
Tom green County, TX
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