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Roy Chapman 1904 - 1983

Roy Chapman of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois was born on October 20, 1904, and died at age 78 years old in January 1983.
Roy Chapman
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois 61652
October 20, 1904
January 1983
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    1904

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    October 20, 1904
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    1983

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    January 1983
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    Roy Chapman lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1904, in the year that Roy Chapman was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1943, by the time he was 39 years old, on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.
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