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Robert Purcell 1919 - 1978

Robert Purcell was born on December 30, 1919, and died at age 58 years old in August 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Purcell.
Robert Purcell
December 30, 1919
August 1978
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    1919

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    December 30, 1919
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    1978

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    August 1978
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    Robert Purcell lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 58.
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In 1919, in the year that Robert Purcell was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1921, he was only 2 years old when hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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