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Aretta Shimek 1924 - 1985

Aretta Shimek was born on March 31, 1924, and died at age 61 years old in May 1985. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Aretta Shimek.

Aretta Shimek
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Updated: October 7, 2011
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In 1924, in the year that Aretta Shimek was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1949, Aretta was 25 years old when comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."
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