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Rena Horne 1897 - 1978

Rena Horne of Houston, Harris County, Texas was born on September 9, 1897, and died at age 80 years old in May 1978.
Rena Horne
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77083
September 9, 1897
May 1978
Female
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Rena Horne's History: 1897 - 1978

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  • 09/9
    1897

    Birthday

    September 9, 1897
    Birthdate
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  • 05/dd
    1978

    Death

    May 1978
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Rena Horne lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1897, in the year that Rena Horne was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1904, Rena was just 7 years old when 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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