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Nels Petersen 1904 - 1970

Nels Petersen of Seattle, King County, Washington was born on September 14, 1904, and died at age 65 years old in February 1970.
Nels Petersen
Seattle, King County, Washington 98133
September 14, 1904
February 1970
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    1904

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    September 14, 1904
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  • 02/dd
    1970

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    February 1970
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    Nels Petersen lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.
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In 1904, in the year that Nels Petersen was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1921, at the age of 17 years old, Nels was alive when hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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