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Nannie B Wells 1915 - 1995

Nannie B Wells of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on December 30, 1915, and died at age 79 years old on August 15, 1995.
Nannie B Wells
Detroit, Wayne County, MI 48214
December 30, 1915
August 15, 1995
Female
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  • 12/30
    1915

    Birthday

    December 30, 1915
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  • 08/15
    1995

    Death

    August 15, 1995
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    Nannie B Wells lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1915, in the year that Nannie B Wells was born, Audrey Munson, playing a model for a sculptor in the film "Inspiration", became the first actress to shed her clothes on screen. Fearing that banning the film would mean that censors would also have to "ban Renaissance art" the film was released, with Munson in the nude scenes and a stand-in doing the acting. (Munson had previously been "America's First Supermodel" and posed nude as the model for many famous artworks.) The film was a hit with audiences.
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In 1947, Nannie was 32 years old when on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.
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