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Richard Tolksdorf 1908 - 1972

Richard Tolksdorf of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California was born on May 31, 1908, and died at age 63 years old in January 1972.
Richard Tolksdorf
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California 90404
May 31, 1908
January 1972
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    1908

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    May 31, 1908
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    1972

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    January 1972
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    Richard Tolksdorf lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1908, in the year that Richard Tolksdorf was born, a 7.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami killed 70,000 to 100,000 people in southern Italy and Sicily. The earthquake, lasting 30 to 40 seconds, occurred in the Strait of Messina which was between the region of Calabria (at the "toe" of Italy) and the island of Sicily and destruction from it occurred in a 186 mile radius. It was the most destructive earthquake ever to hit Europe.
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In 1924, he was 16 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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