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Wils Burns 1871 - 1975

Wils Burns of Tunica, Tunica County, Mississippi was born on December 25, 1871, and died at age 103 years old in June 1975.
Wils Burns
Tunica, Tunica County, Mississippi 38676
December 25, 1871
June 1975
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  • 12/25
    1871

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    December 25, 1871
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  • 06/dd
    1975

    Death

    June 1975
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    Wils Burns lived 31 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 103.
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In 1871, in the year that Wils Burns was born, on October 8th, 4 major fires started on the shores of Lake Michigan - in Chicago (Illinois), Peshtigo (Wisconsin), Holland (Michigan) and Manistee (Michigan). The Chicago fire is the most well known of them because it left almost 100,000 people homeless. But the Peshtigo Fire killed around 2,500 people. The casualty count made it the deadliest fire in US history.
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In 1935, Wils was 64 years old when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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