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Bessie Starr 1897 - 1972

Bessie Starr of Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia was born on November 12, 1897, and died at age 74 years old in March 1972.
Bessie Starr
Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia 31015
November 12, 1897
March 1972
Female
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Bessie Starr's History: 1897 - 1972

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    1897

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    November 12, 1897
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    1972

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    March 1972
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    Bessie Starr lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1897, in the year that Bessie Starr was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1927, Bessie was 30 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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