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Ruby B Thornton 1915 - 2002

Ruby B Thornton of Gadsden, Etowah County, AL was born on January 22, 1915, and died at age 87 years old on July 14, 2002.
Ruby B Thornton
Gadsden, Etowah County, AL 35903
January 22, 1915
July 14, 2002
Female
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Ruby B Thornton's History: 1915 - 2002

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  • 01/22
    1915

    Birthday

    January 22, 1915
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  • 07/14
    2002

    Death

    July 14, 2002
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    Ruby B Thornton lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1915, in the year that Ruby B Thornton was born, in April, the Ottoman Empire rounded up, arrested, and deported 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Turkey. As their actions continued through the next several years, an estimated 600,000 to 1 million Armenians were killed by Turkish soldiers.
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In 1924, she was merely 9 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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