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Sylvia Gorfain 1911 - 2010

Sylvia Gorfain of Stamford, Fairfield County, CT was born on August 13, 1911, and died at age 98 years old on April 11, 2010.

Sylvia Gorfain
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Stamford, Fairfield County, CT 06903
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Updated: October 8, 2011
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In 1911, in the year that Sylvia Gorfain was born, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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In 1924, by the time she was merely 13 years old, 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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Gorfain, Frances (Oct 7, 1917 - Nov 1972) Gorfain, Arnold (Feb 23, 1933 - Jul 12, 2009) Gorfain, Edward (Apr 24, 1883 - Jul 1962) Gorfain, Aaron (Apr 30, 1907 - Feb 1975) Gorfain, Mary (Dec 12, 1916 - Sep 4, 1999) Gorfain, Martha (Sep 21, 1908 - May 1973) Gorfain, Fred (Oct 12, 1911 - Dec 20, 1990) Gorfain, Joseph (Jul 25, 1902 - Apr 1972) Gorfain, Alex (Dec 8, 1911 - Feb 23, 1998) Gorfain, Abraham (May 5, 1905 - Nov 1968)
Gorfain, Perry (Feb 2, 1924 - Jul 15, 1998) Gorfain, Rose (Sep 18, 1908 - Sep 1982) Gorfain, Hortense (Dec 24, 1918 - Feb 8, 2001) Gorfain, Ruth (Nov 25, 1897 - Mar 3, 1988) Gorfain, Sidney (Mar 17, 1905 - Oct 14, 1992) Gorfain, David (Oct 20, 1909 - Mar 1980) Gorfain, Philip (Mar 30, 1911 - Jul 1985) Gorfain, Rose (Nov 10, 1911 - Sep 20, 1999) Gorfain, Sally (Aug 20, 1913 - Nov 1984) Gorfain, Rose (Feb 21, 1913 - Jan 19, 1998)
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