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Ruth M Yurth 1900 - 1999

Ruth M Yurth of Keokuk, Lee County, IA was born on October 22, 1900, and died at age 98 years old on April 14, 1999.
Ruth M Yurth
Keokuk, Lee County, IA 52632
October 22, 1900
April 14, 1999
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  • 10/22
    1900

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    October 22, 1900
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  • 04/14
    1999

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    April 14, 1999
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    Ruth M Yurth lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1900, in the year that Ruth M Yurth was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.
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In 1915, Ruth was merely 15 years old when Audrey Munson, playing a model for a sculptor in the film "Inspiration", became the first actress to shed her clothes on screen. Fearing that banning the film would mean that censors would also have to "ban Renaissance art" the film was released, with Munson in the nude scenes and a stand-in doing the acting. (Munson had previously been "America's First Supermodel" and posed nude as the model for many famous artworks.) The film was a hit with audiences.
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