ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL DEAD AT 75
Sydney, Nova Scotia (JFK+50) On August 2, 1922, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell** passed away at Beinn Bhreagh**, his summer estate and laboratories located near Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
The inventor of the telephone had recently suffered from poor health, but his friends were shocked at the news of his death.
President Warren G. Harding sent a telegram to Mrs. Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell in which he describes her husband as "among the foremost Americans of all generations."
*Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland & educated at the University of Edinburgh & University College London. AGB patented the 1st practical telephone and was co-founder of AT&T in 1885. He was president of the National Geographic Society 1898-1903.
**Beinn Bhreagh, Gaelic for beautiful mountain, is a 2 story single dwelling built in stone in 1893. It is described as "a stunning piece of property."
JFK+50 NOTE
Upon conclusion of AGB's funeral service, at 6:25 Eastern time, August 4, 1922, every telephone in North America was silenced for one minute in his honor.
SOURCES
"Dr. Bell, Inventor Of Telephone, Dies At Canadian Home," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 2, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"The fight over the value of Alexander Graham Bell's former estate," by Tom Ayers, CBS News, May 9, 2018, www.cbc.ca/
