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Oscar Porter 1914 - 1987

Oscar Porter of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan was born on May 12, 1914, and died at age 72 years old in February 1987.
Oscar Porter
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan 48198
May 12, 1914
February 1987
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Oscar Porter's History: 1914 - 1987

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    1914

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    May 12, 1914
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  • 02/dd
    1987

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    February 1987
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    Oscar Porter lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1914, in the year that Oscar Porter was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1927, at the age of only 13 years old, Oscar was alive when 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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