As per our current Database, Garrett Morgan has been died on Aug 27, 1963 (age 86).
When Garrett Morgan die, Garrett Morgan was 86 years old.
| Popular As | Garrett Morgan |
| Occupation | |
| Age | 86 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Born | March 4, 1877 (Paris, KY) |
| Birthday | March 4 |
| Town/City | Paris, KY |
| Nationality | KY |
Garrett Morgan’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Garrett Morgan was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
African American Inventor of the three-position traffic signal and one of the first gas masks, which he called a Safety Hood. He made a heroic rescue in 1916 when he and three others used his safety hood device to save workers trapped in a water intake tunnel being dug under Lake Erie after a natural gas explosion and fire.
He hired his own tutor with the wages he earned as a handyman for a rich Cincinnati landowner.
He was the first African American living in Cleveland, Ohio to buy and own an automobile.
He married his second wife, Mary Anne Hassek, in 1908 and had three children.
He and George Washington Carver were both listed in Molefi Kete Asante's 2002 book of 100 Greatest African Americans.
