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Yetta Benson 1906 - 2006

Yetta Benson of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on January 9, 1906, and died at age 100 years old on August 22, 2006.
Yetta Benson
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11224
January 9, 1906
August 22, 2006
Female
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Yetta Benson's History: 1906 - 2006

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  • 01/9
    1906

    Birthday

    January 9, 1906
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  • 08/22
    2006

    Death

    August 22, 2006
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    Cause of death
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    Yetta Benson lived 27 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1906, in the year that Yetta Benson was born, English biochemist Frederick Hopkins concluded that vitamins are essential to the human body and that a lack of vitamins caused scurvy and rickets. Scurvy and rickets were both huge problems in sailors that were at sea for extended time and the addition of vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium in their diets helped eradicate the problem.
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In 1928, at the age of 22 years old, Yetta was alive when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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