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Ray Downing 1924 - 1973

Ray Downing was born on February 17, 1924, and died at age 49 years old in October 1973. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ray Downing.
Ray Downing
February 17, 1924
October 1973
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Ray Downing's History: 1924 - 1973

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  • 02/17
    1924

    Birthday

    February 17, 1924
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  • 10/dd
    1973

    Death

    October 1973
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ray Downing lived 24 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 49.
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In 1924, in the year that Ray Downing was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1933, when he was only 9 years old, on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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