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Roy Jones 1921 - 1990

Roy Jones was born on February 7, 1921, and died at age 69 years old on September 21, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roy Jones.
Roy Jones
February 7, 1921
September 21, 1990
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  • 02/7
    1921

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    February 7, 1921
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  • 09/21
    1990

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    September 21, 1990
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    Roy Jones lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1921, in the year that Roy Jones was born, 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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In 1943, he was 22 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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