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Producer, Gene Markey, was born Eugene Willford Markey on Dec 11, 1895 in Jackson, MI. Markey died at the age of 84 on May 1, 1980 in Miami Beach, FL and was laid to rest in Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, KY.

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Gene Markey Facts
One of his fourth wife, Lucille's hobbies was collecting statues of eagles. In 18th Century Kentucky, eagles were widely believed to be a symbol of good luck.
While he was married to the widow of the owner of Calumet Farm, he developed something of a knack for naming the farm's horses. One was named Eastern Fleet (possibly as a tribute to his service in the Navy) - he finished Fourth in the 1971 Kentucky Derby. Another was named Myrtle Morgan after the streets that intersected in front of his property in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Markey was intensely proud of the fact that he was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. So proud, in fact, that ANY mail that wasn't addressed to Admiral Markey (including bills) was tossed into the trash. He always liked to be called, "Admiral Markey" and never, "Mr. Markey". Rarely did people call him "Gene". One of his grandsons sometimes addressed him as , "Admiral".
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