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Russell Cottom 1897 - 1978

Russell Cottom of Willow Grove, Montgomery County, PA was born on January 22, 1897, and died at age 81 years old in January 1978.

Russell Cottom

Willow Grove, Montgomery County, PA 19090

January 22, 1897

January 1978

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Russell Cottom lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.

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In 1897, in the year that Russell Cottom was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".

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In 1923, at the age of 26 years old, Russell was alive when Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.

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