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Gertie Tyson 1897 - 1977

Gertie Tyson of Grimesland, Pitt County, North Carolina was born on October 6, 1897, and died at age 79 years old in August 1977.
Gertie Tyson
Grimesland, Pitt County, North Carolina 27837
October 6, 1897
August 1977
Female
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Gertie Tyson's History: 1897 - 1977

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    1897

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    October 6, 1897
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  • 08/dd
    1977

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    August 1977
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    Gertie Tyson lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1897, in the year that Gertie Tyson 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 1921, she was 24 years old when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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