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Russell G Pixley (1924 - 2005)

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Russell G Pixley
1924 - 2005
Born
January 8, 1924
Death
May 6, 2005
Last Known Residence
Strafford, Orange County, Vermont 05072
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Russell G Pixley of Strafford, Orange County, Vermont was born on January 8, 1924, and died at age 81 years old on May 6, 2005.
Updated: October 2, 2011
Biography ID: 3663391

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Strafford, Orange County, Vermont 05072
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Russell Pixley passed away at age 81 years old on May 6, 2005. Russell G Pixley of Strafford, Orange County, Vermont was born on January 8, 1924.

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Russell G Pixley lived 7 years longer than the average Pixley family member when he died at the age of 81.
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In 1924, in the year that Russell G Pixley was born, 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.

In 1951, he was 27 years old when on February 27th, the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution (which limited the number of terms a president may serve to two) was ratified by 36 states, making it a part of the U.S. Constitution. The Amendment was both a reaction to the 4 term Roosevelt presidency and also the recognition of a long-standing tradition in American politics.

In 1966, by the time he was 42 years old, on July 1st, Medicare became available after President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Act in 1965. President Truman had received the first Medicare card since he had been the first to propose national healthcare law. insurance.

In 1976, he was 52 years old when on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."

In 1982, at the age of 58 years old, Russell was alive when on September 14th, Princess Grace of Monaco (American actress Grace Kelly), 52, died of injuries when her car plunged off a mountain road. Her 17 year old daughter, Stephanie, was also in the car and suffered serious injuries but recovered. It's believed that the accident was caused when Princess Grace, who was driving, had a mild stroke.

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