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Gertrud Best 1924 - 2003

Gertrud Best was born on July 1, 1924, and died at age 78 years old on June 1, 2003. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gertrud Best.
Gertrud Best
July 1, 1924
June 1, 2003
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  • 07/1
    1924

    Birthday

    July 1, 1924
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  • 06/1
    2003

    Death

    June 1, 2003
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    Gertrud Best lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1924, in the year that Gertrud Best was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1943, she was 19 years old when on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.
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