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Walter Urbanek 1921 - 1981

Walter Urbanek was born on January 8, 1921, and died at age 60 years old in June 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Walter Urbanek.
Walter Urbanek
January 8, 1921
June 1981
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    1921

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    January 8, 1921
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    1981

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    June 1981
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    Walter Urbanek lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 60.
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In 1921, in the year that Walter Urbanek was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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In 1943, Walter was 22 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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