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Willa Cason 1904 - 1982

Willa Cason of San Diego, San Diego County, California was born on February 24, 1904, and died at age 77 years old in January 1982.
Willa Cason
San Diego, San Diego County, California 92113
February 24, 1904
January 1982
Female
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    1904

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    February 24, 1904
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  • 01/dd
    1982

    Death

    January 1982
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In 1904, in the year that Willa Cason was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1934, Willa was 30 years old 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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