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Gurley Horton 1904 - 1973

Gurley Horton of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee was born on November 10, 1904, and died at age 68 years old in July 1973.
Gurley Horton
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 38118
November 10, 1904
July 1973
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    1904

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    November 10, 1904
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  • 07/dd
    1973

    Death

    July 1973
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    Gurley Horton lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1904, in the year that Gurley Horton 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 1921, by the time this person was 17 years old, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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