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Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Adela Rogers St. Johns.
CHILDHOOD
1894
Birth
Born on May 20, 1894.
TEENAGE
1910
16 Years Old
St. Johns was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of a prominent Los Angeles criminal lawyer, Earl Rogers, who was a friend of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. Adela Rogers as she was known in high school, was Hollywood High School's first real celebrity graduate and in the graduating class of 1910.
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THIRTIES
1927
33 Years Old
Writing in a distinctive, emotional style, St. Johns reported on, among other subjects, the controversial Jack Dempsey–Gene Tunney "long-count" fight in 1927, the treatment of the poor during the Great Depression, and the 1935 trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for kidnapping and murdering the son of Charles Lindbergh.
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FORTIES
1935
41 Years Old
Her coverage of the assassination of Senator Huey Long in 1935, the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936, the Democratic National Convention of 1940, and other major stories made her one of the best-known reporters of the day.
FIFTIES
1948
54 Years Old
St. Johns again left newspaper work in 1948 in order to write books, and to teach at a series of universities.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1962
68 Years Old
In 1962 she published Final Verdict, a biography of her father Earl Rogers.
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1970
76 Years Old
St. Johns was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on April 22, 1970.
1980
86 Years Old
In 1980, she appeared to great effect in the television documentary series Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film.
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1988
94 Years Old
Died on August 10, 1988.
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