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Richard A Keppel 1920 - 2005

Richard A Keppel of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA was born on May 31, 1920, and died at age 85 years old on December 13, 2005.
Richard A Keppel
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA 90815
May 31, 1920
December 13, 2005
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    1920

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    May 31, 1920
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  • 12/13
    2005

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    December 13, 2005
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    Richard A Keppel lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1920, in the year that Richard A Keppel was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1938, at the age of 18 years old, Richard was alive when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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