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Rita Schmitt 1921 - 2005

Rita Schmitt of Maspeth, Queens County, NY was born on April 22, 1921, and died at age 84 years old on December 3, 2005.
Rita Schmitt
Maspeth, Queens County, NY 11378
April 22, 1921
December 3, 2005
Female
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Rita Schmitt's History: 1921 - 2005

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  • 04/22
    1921

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    April 22, 1921
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  • 12/3
    2005

    Death

    December 3, 2005
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    Rita Schmitt lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1921, in the year that Rita Schmitt was born, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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In 1943, at the age of 22 years old, Rita was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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