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Richard Overton 1901 - 1973

Richard Overton of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina was born on June 20, 1901, and died at age 71 years old in March 1973.
Richard Overton
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina 27609
June 20, 1901
March 1973
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Richard Overton's History: 1901 - 1973

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    1901

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    June 20, 1901
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  • 03/dd
    1973

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    March 1973
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    Richard Overton lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1901, in the year that Richard Overton was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1927, Richard was 26 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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