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Rafael Rivera 1924 - 2010

Rafael Rivera of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on July 11, 1924, and died at age 85 years old on May 11, 2010.
Rafael Rivera
Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10452
July 11, 1924
May 11, 2010
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  • 07/11
    1924

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    July 11, 1924
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  • 05/11
    2010

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    May 11, 2010
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    Rafael Rivera lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1924, in the year that Rafael Rivera was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1935, at the age of merely 11 years old, Rafael was alive when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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