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  (b. 12 June 1926 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA   d. 4 November 2014 Florida, USA )  
Age: 88
Cause of Death: renal failure

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Benjamin AYCRIGG was born 12 June 1926 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Benjamin AYCRIGG was the child of Charles Benjamin AYCRIGG   and   Mary Louise BENNETT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Benjamin AYCRIGG and Abbie BROWN (maternal)  George Hoxsie BENNETT and Minerva "Minnie" Katheryne GIMLICH

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Benjamin  married  Artemisia Eugenie DEMOPOULOS 23 July 1955 in Winter Park, Florida, USA .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Artemisia Eugenie DEMOPOULOS  was born 15 November 1923 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA.  Artemisia Eugenie died 12 August 2018 in Orlando, Florida, USA.  Artemisia Eugenie was the child of Athanasios J "Tommy" DEMOPOULOS and Cleo MALAMAS.

Benjamin AYCRIGG died 4 November 2014 in Florida, USA.
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Benjamin AYCRIGG married Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Artemisia Eugenie DEMOPOULOS-- Date: 23 July 1955 Place: Winter Park, Florida, USA
Artemisia Eugenie DEMOPOULOS was the child of Athanasios J "Tommy" DEMOPOULOS and Cleo MALAMAS


Name: Benjamin Aycrigg
County of Marriage: Orange
Volume: 1555
Certificate: 16735
Source: Florida Department of Health

Name: Artemisia Demopoulos
Spouse: Benjamin Aycrigg
County of Marriage: Orange
Marriage Date: 1955
Volume: 1555
Certificate: 16735
Source: Florida Department of Health

Ancestry.com. Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

MISS ARTEMISIA DEMOPOLOS
Demopoulos-Aycrigg Betrothal Announced The announcement has been made by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Demopoulos of Orlando of the engagement of their daughter, Artemisia, to Benjamin Aycrigg of Winter Park. The bride-elect received her early education in local schools and is an alumna of Orlando High School. Currently employed as a medical secretary by the Jewett Orthopedic Clinic, she was for (can't read). Miss Demopoulos' fiance, the son of Charles B. Aycrigg of Winter Park and the late Mrs. Aycrigg, is an alumnus of Rollins College, where he was subsequently affiliated with the faculty. While an undergraduate, he was elected to Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary fraternity. Upon graduation, Mr. Aycrigg was awarded the coveted Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion. At present the bridegroom-elect is engaged in writing historical plays for radio production. The date and complete plans for the wedding will be announced later.

The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando, Florida
September 26, 1954

Wedding Is Tomorrow - Dinner Party Tonight

The Barbizon in Winter Park will be the scene tonight of the dinner party at which members of the families, the wedding party and out of town guests will be entertained tonight following the rehearsal for the wedding of Miss Artemisia Demopoulois and Benjamin Aycrigg. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Demopoulos and the son of Charles B. Aycrigg of Winter Park and the late Mrs. Aycrigg are to be married by the Very Rev. Osborne R. Littleford in the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Episcopal at 5 p.m. tomorrow. Those who will be present with the affianced couple and their parents are the Rev. Mr. Littleford, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Setzer, Stavros and John Demopoulos, Crist P. Francisco, William H. Bradner Jr., William N. Frangus, John Francisco, Phillip Littleford, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Demos, the Misses Elaine and Artemis Demos, all of Indianapolis. Also Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dennis, Miss Artemisia Dennis, Augusta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lekas and daughter, Mrs. Peter J. Costas, Jackson, Miss.

The Orlando Evening Star
Orlando, Florida
July 22, 1955


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birth1926 Birth
12 June 1926
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
News1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
name: Benjamin Aycrigg
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 3
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1927
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: New Jersey
mother's birthplace: Connecticut
enumeration district number: 60
family number: 500
sheet number and letter: 21A
line number: 7
nara publication: T626, roll 885
film number: 2340620
digital folder number: 4606982
image number: 00817
Household Gender Age
parent Charles B Aycrigg M 40
parent Mary B Aycrigg F 30
Benjamin Aycrigg M 3
Mary Lee Aycrigg F 1
Minnie K Bennett F 54

1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Invention 1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Name: Ben Aycrigg
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1926
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Street: Brunswick
House Number: 19
Inferred Residence in 1935: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 8B
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Aycrigg 50
Mary Aycrigg 40
Ben Aycrigg 14
Mary Aycrigg 10
Gerard Aycrigg 8
Minnie Bennet 64
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Invention 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Winter Park, Topics, Winter Park, Florida, Friday, January 8, 1943
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Aycrigg, with their children, Ben, Mary Lee and Gerry, spent New Year's Day With the former's brother in Winter Haven. Newcomers here last season, the Ayerigg family have recently moved from Sylvan Boulevard to 178 Brewer Avenue, and have with them Mrs. George H. Bennett, of Pittsfield, Mass., mother of Mrs. Aycrigg.

www.wppl.org/ wphistory/
newspapers/ 1943/ 01-08-1943.pdf
Invention The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.
1949
Ben Aycrigg Wins High Honor

Ben Aycrigg son of Mr and Mrs Charles Aycrigg of Winter Park Fla, former residents of Pittsfield was awarded the coveted Algernon Sydne Sullivan medallion the highest award given for outstanding qualities of character at Winter Park Fla during graduation exercises at the college last week.

Mr Aycrigg is the grandson of Mrs George Bennett of Winter Park also a former Pittsfield resident.

The Berkshire County Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
June 11, 1949
1950 - Winter Park, Florida
Name: Benjamin Ayarig
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1927
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Never Married (Single)
Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Winter Park, Orange, Florida, USA
Household Members Age Relationship
Charles B Ayarig
60 Head
Benjamin Ayarig 23 Son
Mary Lee Ayonigs
20 Daughter
Gerard Ayonigs
17 Son
Minna K Bennett
74 Mother-in-law
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Benjamin AYCRIGG and Artemisia Eugenie DEMOPOULOS 23 July 1955, Winter Park, Florida, USA

He was 29 years old.
News1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.
News1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.
NewsJune 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.
News1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.
News1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam
Invention The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.
News1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
News1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.
Invention 1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)
Ben Aycrigg Bows Out Of Tv News ''central Florida's Walter Cronkite'' Put Substance Above Style In His 35-year Broadcast Career At Wcpx-channel 6. November 01, 1996| By Jim Abbott of The Sentinel Staff
articles.orlandosentinel.com/
1996-11-01/ lifestyle/ 9610301083_1_cronkite-anchor-wcpx

When colleagues at WCPX-Channel 6 compare news anchor Ben Aycrigg to Walter Cronkite, you might consider it public-relations hype.

Not so easily dismissed is an unsolicited greeting from the man serving Aycrigg roast beef at a buffet restaurant near the studio on a recent afternoon.

''I knew you'd outlast Walter Cronkite,'' he tells Aycrigg, an infrequent lunch-time customer. ''I've been watching you all my life.''

In a business marked by quick turnover and big egos, Ben Aycrigg, 70, is an anomaly. For 35 years, ''Central Florida's Walter Cronkite'' has worked for the same station - as a reporter, a news director and a news anchor.

For the past few years, he has been arriving at the studio like clockwork several hours before his noon broadcast - as he did one day last week - in a conservative gray suit, understated red tie and brown wingtips.

No flash. No nonsense. No...Read MORE...


News2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.
Orlando Television’s Golden 50 List
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1. Ben Aycrigg

He’s been called the “Walter Cronkite of Orlando.” And for 35 years, that’s the way it was. Ben Aycrigg was the face Channel 6 news for many Central Floridians. He reported with authority and knowledge as someone who grew up in the region. After graduating from Winter Park High School in 1944, Aycrigg began work at WDBO-AM as a radio announcer. He went on to attend Rollins College, and after graduation he landed at job at WLOF-Channel 9 as a reporter in 1959. He worked there two years before jumping across town to the more popular WDBO-Channel 6 — the start of a long and distinguished career. He became the station’s first reporter for its four-person news department, one which he would head as news director from 1968-76. After anchoring solo most of his career, he began to be paired with co-anchors in 1976, eventually teaming with Annetta Wilson — the area’s first...Read MORE...


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Woodlawn Memorial Park Gotha Orange County Florida, USA

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death2014 Death
4 November 2014
Florida, USA

He died at the age of 88.
Obituary
Orlando TV legend Ben Aycrigg dead at 88

November 5, 2014
The dean of Orlando television anchors has died.

Ben Aycrigg, who became a local TV legend for the 35 years he logged at Channel 6, died of renal failure Tuesday night at his Maitland home, WKMG-Channel 6 announced Wednesday on its website. He was 88.

Aycrigg retired in 1996 from WCPX, as the station was then known. During his long run there, he worked as reporter, news director and anchor.

'Ben Aycrigg was THE news anchor in Central Florida for many years,' WKMG General Manager Skip Valet said. 'He's often been called the 'Walter Cronkite of Orlando television,' and with good reason. Ben shared the day's news, good and bad, with a clear, authoritative voice that told Channel 6 viewers, no matter how dire the news, in the end we were all going to be all right.'

Aycrigg was celebrated for an anchoring style that had no flash or nonsense and for a personal style that was nice and friendly.

Annetta Wilson, who...Read MORE...



Benjamin is buried at: Woodlawn Memorial Park Gotha Orange County Florida, USA
Added: 11/14/2009 9:41:40 PM - Updated: 5/21/2022 12:51:39 PM

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