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Ossie Willis 1905 - 1984

Ossie Willis of Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina was born on March 14, 1905, and died at age 79 years old in June 1984.

Ossie Willis
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Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina 27105
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March 14, 1905
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In 1905, in the year that Ossie Willis was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1915, Ossie was merely 10 years old when in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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Willis, Daniel (Born Apr 2, 1839) Willis, Bonnie (Apr 6, 1908 - Feb 27, 2000) Willis, Ted (Born Sep 18, 1920) Willis, Leo (Born Jan 5, 1890) Willis, Clif (Born Sep 10, 1925) Cates, Barbara Willis, Virginia (Dec 30, 1917 - Nov 24, 1999) Willis, Catherine (Jul 27, 1908 - May 30, 1990) Willis, George (Sep 27, 1915 - Jul 1, 2007) Willis, Lawrence (Jan 13, 1911 - Dec 1984)
Willis, Thom (May 7, 1906 - Feb 4, 1988) Willis, Eleanor (Sep 9, 1911 - May 29, 2007) Willis Sr, Wilbert (Jul 3, 1907 - Oct 1976) Willis, Edith (Aug 15, 1912 - Jun 9, 1990) Willis, Arthur (Dec 28, 1904 - Oct 1968) Willis, Perley (May 4, 1900 - Apr 1982) Willis, Linwood (Jul 13, 1914 - Jan 17, 1990) Willis, Laurence (Jul 13, 1914 - Aug 28, 2000) Willis, Madelain (Sep 23, 1913 - Jan 18, 2002) Willis, Pauline (Aug 22, 1920 - Dec 11, 1995)
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