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Ballard Boone 1906 - 1983

Ballard Boone of Coal City, Raleigh County, West Virginia was born on June 12, 1906, and died at age 77 years old in November 1983.
Ballard Boone
Coal City, Raleigh County, West Virginia 25823
June 12, 1906
November 1983
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Ballard Boone's History: 1906 - 1983

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  • 06/12
    1906

    Birthday

    June 12, 1906
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  • 11/dd
    1983

    Death

    November 1983
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    Ballard Boone lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1906, in the year that Ballard Boone was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1921, Ballard was just 15 years old when hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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