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Opal Tonkin 1906 - 1982

Opal Tonkin of Swartz Creek, Genesee County, Michigan was born on May 26, 1906, and died at age 76 years old in July 1982.

Opal Tonkin
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Swartz Creek, Genesee County, Michigan 48473
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May 26, 1906
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In 1906, in the year that Opal Tonkin was born, abolitionist and suffragette leader Susan B. Anthony died, before women's right to vote nationally was realized (in 1920). She, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association which later became the League of Women Voters. She died at the age of 86 of heart failure and pneumonia in her home in New York.
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In 1921, Opal was just 15 years old 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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Tonkin, Marion (Dec 23, 1899 - Sep 24, 1991) Tonkin, John (Nov 11, 1879 - Jun 1963) Tonkin, Iva (Aug 23, 1928 - Jan 1986) Tonkin, Marl (Feb 24, 1934 - May 1980) Tonkin, Alfred (Aug 18, 1884 - Mar 1980) Tonkin, Merle (Apr 20, 1906 - Jan 1987) Tonkin, Mary (Sep 6, 1931 - Dec 11, 2002) Tonkin, Dorothy (Mar 19, 1943 - Apr 20, 2002) Tonkin, Mary (May 10, 1922 - Sep 23, 1993) Tonkin, Mary (Jun 15, 1904 - Nov 2, 1996)
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