Murray Lee Smith was born on January 19, 1932, to parents Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allethea Smith in Plains, Sumter County, Georgia.
He had three siblings: Rosalynn Eleanor Carter, William Jerrold Smith, and Lillian Allethea Wall.
Murray Smith passed away in Plains on January 26, 2003, at the age of 71. He was laid to rest in Lebanon Cemetery on January 30, 2003.
Murray Lee Smith cause of death: What happened to Rosalynn Carter’s brother?
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic and the first to repeat Charles Lindbergh’s feat when she flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1932, the year Murray Lee Smith was born, five years to the day after Lindbergh made the crossing.
In just over 15 hours, she traveled more than 2,000 kilometers.
He was only 8 years old when Billboard released its first Music Popularity Chart in July of 1940.
Top albums of the year included “I’ll Never Smile Again” by Tommy Dorsey (including vocals by Frank Sinatra) which spent 12 weeks at the top, “Only Forever” by Bing Crosby which spent 9 weeks at the top, and “Frenesi” by Artie Shaw which spent 12 weeks at the top.
He was 22 years old when Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was decided by the Supreme Court on May 17, 1954.
The decision made it possible for integration in schools by stating that state statutes maintaining separate public schools for black and white children were unconstitutional.
Murray was 37 years old when Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States on January 20, 1969.
Nixon, who served as President Eisenhower’s vice president before him, was the only President to resign while still in office, and he did it during his second term.
However, the cause of his death is not really known to the public
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