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John Petroff 1909 - 1974

John Petroff of Akron, Summit County, Ohio was born on November 1, 1909, and died at age 65 years old in November 1974.

John Petroff

Akron, Summit County, Ohio 44311

November 1, 1909

November 1974

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John Petroff lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.

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In 1909, in the year that John Petroff was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.

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In 1934, at the age of 25 years old, John was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.

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