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Tork Garas 1909 - 1988

Tork Garas of Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ was born on February 5, 1909, and died at age 79 years old on October 6, 1988.
Tork Garas
Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ 07306
February 5, 1909
October 6, 1988
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Tork Garas' History: 1909 - 1988

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  • 02/5
    1909

    Birthday

    February 5, 1909
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  • 10/6
    1988

    Death

    October 6, 1988
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    Cause of death
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    Tork Garas lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1909, in the year that Tork Garas was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1925, at the age of 16 years old, Tork was alive when gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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