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Burlen Thorpe 1920 - 1989

Burlen Thorpe of Phelps, Pike County, KY was born on October 10, 1920, and died at age 69 years old on November 1, 1989.
Burlen Thorpe
Phelps, Pike County, KY 41553
October 10, 1920
November 1, 1989
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Burlen Thorpe's History: 1920 - 1989

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    1920

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    October 10, 1920
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  • 11/1
    1989

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    November 1, 1989
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    Burlen Thorpe lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1920, in the year that Burlen Thorpe was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1939, Burlen was 19 years old when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.
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