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Otto Whiting 1904 - 1983

Otto Whiting of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on September 30, 1904, and died at age 78 years old in May 1983.
Otto Whiting
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60637
September 30, 1904
May 1983
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    1904

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    September 30, 1904
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  • 05/dd
    1983

    Death

    May 1983
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    Otto Whiting lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1904, in the year that Otto Whiting 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 1934, when he was 30 years old, on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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