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William Edmund Torres 1923 - 2005

William Edmund Torres of Pacifica, San Mateo County, California was born on September 10, 1923, and died at age 82 years old on October 15, 2005.
William Edmund Torres
Pacifica, San Mateo County, California 94044
September 10, 1923
October 15, 2005
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William Edmund Torres' History: 1923 - 2005

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  • 09/10
    1923

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    September 10, 1923
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  • 10/15
    2005

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    October 15, 2005
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    William Edmund Torres lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1923, in the year that William Edmund Torres was born, Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.
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In 1943, William was 20 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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