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Pearl Cottrell (1923 - 2003)

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Pearl Cottrell
1923 - 2003
Born
August 26, 1923
Death
January 22, 2003
Last Known Residence
Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania 15436
Summary
Pearl Cottrell of Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania was born on August 26, 1923, and died at age 79 years old on January 22, 2003.
Updated: October 6, 2011
Biography ID: 21142973

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Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania 15436
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August 26, 1923
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January 22, 2003
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Pearl Cottrell passed away at age 79 years old on January 22, 2003. Pearl Cottrell of Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania was born on August 26, 1923.

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Pearl Cottrell lived 8 years longer than the average Cottrell family member when she died at the age of 79.
The average age of a Cottrell family member is 71.
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1923 - 2003 World Events

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In 1923, in the year that Pearl Cottrell was born, on November 8th and 9th, Adolf Hitler and his followers (the early Nazi party) staged the "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich in an attempt to take over Bavaria (a state in Germany). They failed. Hitler was charged with treason and convicted, receiving a sentence of 5 years. He served under 1 year in jail.

In 1952, when she was 29 years old, on February 6th, George VI of England died from a coronary thrombosis and complications due to lung cancer. His eldest daughter, age 25, immediately ascended the throne as Elizabeth II and her coronation was on June 2 1953.

In 1965, she was 42 years old when the television show "I Spy" premiered in the fall season on NBC. The stars were Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, making Cosby the first African American to headline a television show. Four stations - in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama - refused to air the show.

In 1975, when she was 52 years old, in January, Popular Mechanics featured the Altair 8800 on it's cover. The Altair home computer kit allowed consumers to build and program their own personal computers. Thousands were sold in the first month.

In 1982, she was 59 years old when on June 30th, time ran out on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The Amendment had only received 35 of the necessary 38 state ratifications. First sent to the states in 1972, the Amendment stated that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".

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