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Sylvia Runner 1897 - 1979

Sylvia Runner of Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia was born on February 28, 1897, and died at age 82 years old in November 1979.
Sylvia Runner
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia 26505
February 28, 1897
November 1979
Female
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Sylvia Runner's History: 1897 - 1979

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  • 02/28
    1897

    Birthday

    February 28, 1897
    Birthdate
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  • 11/dd
    1979

    Death

    November 1979
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Sylvia Runner lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1897, in the year that Sylvia Runner 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 1934, at the age of 37 years old, Sylvia was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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