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Cortis Rush 1904 - 1985

Cortis Rush of Burkesville, Cumberland County, Kentucky was born on June 11, 1904, and died at age 80 years old in April 1985.
Cortis Rush
Burkesville, Cumberland County, Kentucky 42717
June 11, 1904
April 1985
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Cortis Rush's History: 1904 - 1985

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  • 06/11
    1904

    Birthday

    June 11, 1904
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • 04/dd
    1985

    Death

    April 1985
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Cortis Rush lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1904, in the year that Cortis Rush was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1947, at the age of 43 years old, Cortis was alive when in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.
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