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Leon O Gardner 1904 - 1989

Leon O Gardner of Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ was born on April 7, 1904, and died at age 85 years old on October 20, 1989.
Leon O Gardner
Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ 85016
April 7, 1904
October 20, 1989
Male
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Leon O Gardner's History: 1904 - 1989

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  • 04/7
    1904

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    April 7, 1904
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  • 10/20
    1989

    Death

    October 20, 1989
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    Leon O Gardner lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1904, in the year that Leon O Gardner 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 1919, he was only 15 years old when in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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