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Walter Olson 1906 - 1972

Walter Olson of Portland, Middlesex County, CT was born on January 23, 1906, and died at age 66 years old in September 1972.
Walter Olson
Portland, Middlesex County, CT 06480
January 23, 1906
September 1972
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    1906

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    January 23, 1906
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    1972

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    September 1972
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    Walter Olson lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1906, in the year that Walter Olson was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1942, Walter was 36 years old when on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Hundreds more were injured. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.
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