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Okielee Willis 1922 - 1986

Okielee Willis of Xenia, Greene County, Ohio was born on April 21, 1922, and died at age 64 years old in May 1986.
Okielee Willis
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio 45385
April 21, 1922
May 1986
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Okielee Willis' History: 1922 - 1986

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  • 04/21
    1922

    Birthday

    April 21, 1922
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  • 05/dd
    1986

    Death

    May 1986
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    Cause of death
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    Okielee Willis lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1922, in the year that Okielee Willis was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1948, at the age of 26 years old, Okielee was alive when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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