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Florence Best 1912 - 1977

Florence Best of Homewood, Cook County, Illinois was born on October 7, 1912, and died at age 64 years old in June 1977.
Florence Best
Homewood, Cook County, Illinois 60430
October 7, 1912
June 1977
Female
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Florence Best's History: 1912 - 1977

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  • 10/7
    1912

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    October 7, 1912
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  • 06/dd
    1977

    Death

    June 1977
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    Cause of death
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    Florence Best lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1912, in the year that Florence Best was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1927, by the time she was just 15 years old, in September, the Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) became the second national radio network in the U.S. The first broadcast was a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey.
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