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Ben Hightower 1902 - 1967

Ben Hightower of Newark, Essex County, NJ was born on February 18, 1902, and died at age 65 years old in February 1967.
Ben Hightower
Newark, Essex County, NJ 07108
February 18, 1902
February 1967
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Ben Hightower's History: 1902 - 1967

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    1902

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    February 18, 1902
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  • 02/dd
    1967

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    February 1967
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    Ben Hightower lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1902, in the year that Ben Hightower was born, the world famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, made the first gramophone recording by a popular singer. Accompanied by only a piano, his voice recordings became a big seller and did much to popularize the new-fangled gramophone. He had to sing into a metal "horn" that relayed his voice to a metal disc. And the songs had to be under 4 and a half minutes!
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In 1921, at the age of 19 years old, Ben was alive when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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