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Richard W Portinga 1899 - 1992

Richard W Portinga was born on March 24, 1899, and died at age 92 years old on February 11, 1992. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richard W Portinga.
Richard W Portinga
March 24, 1899
February 11, 1992
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  • 03/24
    1899

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    March 24, 1899
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  • 02/11
    1992

    Death

    February 11, 1992
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    Richard W Portinga lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1899, in the year that Richard W Portinga was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1939, Richard was 40 years old when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.
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