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Ira Shipp 1899 - 1967

Ira Shipp of Gary, Lake County, Indiana was born on February 17, 1899, and died at age 68 years old in December 1967.
Ira Shipp
Gary, Lake County, Indiana 46406
February 17, 1899
December 1967
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Ira Shipp's History: 1899 - 1967

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  • 02/17
    1899

    Birthday

    February 17, 1899
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  • 12/dd
    1967

    Death

    December 1967
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    Ira Shipp lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1899, in the year that Ira Shipp was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1927, when he was 28 years old, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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