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Sarah B. “Babe” Connor

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Sarah B. “Babe” Connor

Birth
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
4 Aug 1899 (aged 41–42)
Burial
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.6997417, Longitude: -90.2348633
Plot
sec 12, lot 742
Memorial ID
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Proprietor of one of the most successful and famous brothels in St. Louis, Sarah "Babe" Connors was known for her extragavent lifestyle and wild establishment. It is rumored that her brothel was responsible for the "Ta Ra RA Boom De Ay" dance and song as well as the "Hot Time in the City Tonight". Her obituary describes here as "strikingly tall, a mulatto, with a good figure. and she dressed as well as almost anyone in her half of the world." She died of Nephrites. She called for a priest in her final hours and is buried in 04/012/0742
Proprietor of one of the most successful and famous brothels in St. Louis, Sarah "Babe" Connors was known for her extragavent lifestyle and wild establishment. It is rumored that her brothel was responsible for the "Ta Ra RA Boom De Ay" dance and song as well as the "Hot Time in the City Tonight". Her obituary describes here as "strikingly tall, a mulatto, with a good figure. and she dressed as well as almost anyone in her half of the world." She died of Nephrites. She called for a priest in her final hours and is buried in 04/012/0742

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