Rosario Fontana
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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Rosario Fontana (1886 - 1980)

Rosario Fontana was born on March 8, 1886. She died in January 1980 at 93 years of age. We know that Rosario Fontana had been residing in Havertown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
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Havertown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

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Rosario Fontana lived 22 years longer than the average Fontana family member when she died at the age of 93.

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Michael J Fontana, Washington
Michael J Fontana, Washington

Timeline

1886 - In the year that Rosario Fontana was born, on October 28th, President Grover Cleveland officially dedicated the Statue of Liberty. A gift from France, the base for the statue had been built using donations from the American public. The unplanned but enthusiastic celebration after the dedication led to the first ticker tape parade.

1891 - By the time she was merely 5 years old, on March 14th, a lynch mob stormed the Old Parish Prison. The mob lynched 11 of the 19 Italians who were arrested for - but found to be innocent of - the murder of New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessy.

1903 - When she was 17 years old, two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, flew the first powered heavier-than-air plane. They flew 4 times in one day - the longest flight lasting 59 seconds and a little over 852 feet. While the brothers had notified several newspapers of their attempt, only one - a local paper - covered it. After their 4th flight, a gust of wind caught the plane, turned it over, and totaled it.

1930 - When she was 44 years old, as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.

1980 - In the year of Rosario Fontana's passing, on December 8th, ex-Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of his home - the Dakota - in New York City. Chapman was found guilty of murder and still remains in jail.

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Rosario Fontana died in January 1980 at 93 years old. There is no listed cause of death for Rosario. She was born on March 8, 1886. We are unaware of information about Rosario's immediate family. We know that Rosario Fontana had been residing in Havertown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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