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Melvin Lawson 1927 - 1969

Melvin Lawson was born on March 20, 1927, and died at age 42 years old in June 1969. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Melvin Lawson.
Melvin Lawson
March 20, 1927
June 1969
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  • 03/20
    1927

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    March 20, 1927
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  • 06/dd
    1969

    Death

    June 1969
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    Melvin Lawson lived 29 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 42.
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In 1927, in the year that Melvin Lawson was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1939, at the age of just 12 years old, Melvin was alive when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.
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