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Marlene L Benn 1933 - 2011

Marlene L Benn of New Orleans, Orleans County, LA was born on November 2, 1933, and died at age 77 years old on January 1, 2011.
Marlene L Benn
New Orleans, Orleans County, LA 70131
November 2, 1933
January 1, 2011
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Marlene L Benn's History: 1933 - 2011

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    1933

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    November 2, 1933
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  • 01/1
    2011

    Death

    January 1, 2011
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    Marlene L Benn lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1933, in the year that Marlene L Benn was born, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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In 1949, at the age of 16 years old, Marlene was alive when comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."
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