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Roscoe Gentry 1904 - 1973

Roscoe Gentry of State Road, Surry County, North Carolina was born on March 4, 1904, and died at age 69 years old in August 1973.
Roscoe Gentry
State Road, Surry County, North Carolina 28676
March 4, 1904
August 1973
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Roscoe Gentry's History: 1904 - 1973

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    1904

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    March 4, 1904
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  • 08/dd
    1973

    Death

    August 1973
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    Roscoe Gentry lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1904, in the year that Roscoe Gentry was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1921, at the age of 17 years old, Roscoe was alive when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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