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Sam Dixon 1921 - 1990

Sam Dixon of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on May 18, 1921, and died at age 68 years old on January 27, 1990.
Sam Dixon
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60612
May 18, 1921
January 27, 1990
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Sam Dixon's History: 1921 - 1990

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  • 05/18
    1921

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    May 18, 1921
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  • 01/27
    1990

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    January 27, 1990
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    Sam Dixon lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1921, in the year that Sam Dixon 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 1964, at the age of 43 years old, Sam was alive when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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