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Walter Ribbe 1909 - 1985

Walter Ribbe (1909 - 1985)
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Walter Ribbe
Last Known Residence
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49504
Born
October 11, 1909
Death
December 1985
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Walter Ribbe of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on October 11, 1909, and died at age 76 years old in December 1985.

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Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49504
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October 11, 1909
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Walter Ribbe passed away at age 76 years old in December 1985. Walter Ribbe of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on October 11, 1909.

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Walter Ribbe lived 2 years longer than the average Ribbe family member when he died at the age of 76.
The average age of a Ribbe family member is 74.
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1909 - 1985 World Events

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In 1909, in the year that Walter Ribbe was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.

In 1959, at the age of 50 years old, Walter was alive when on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.

In 1964, Walter was 55 years old 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.

In 1973, Walter was 64 years old when on August 15th, amidst rising calls for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, Congress imposed an end to the bombing of Cambodia.

In 1985, in the year of Walter Ribbe's passing, on March 7th, the song "We Are the World" was released as a charity effort to alleviate the African famine. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones. They were joined by 37 other famous singers in the recording studio and a phenomena had begun

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