About Ben Skora
Lived 1901 – 2018 (aged 116–117). Ben Skora was an inventor.
Benjamin J. Skora
His home included many of his creations including a drivable motorized easy chair, an automatic retractable soap dispenser, dressers that slide away to reveal a hallway to another room, and a ski slope from the roof.
He appeared in the magazines People and Cosmopolitan, on the TV shows Real People and Ripley's Believe It or Not! and the Chris Smith film Home Movie (2001).
His home in Palos Hills was torn down on November 28, 2014.
On October 9, 2015, his cousin Tom Skora donated Arok (the name comes from Skora's last named spelled backward minus the S) to Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills.
Health
In 2013 Skora, who had Alzheimer's disease, was moved into an assisted-care center in Hickory Hills, Illinois, by his family. His cousin Tom Skora had Ben's power of attorney.
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Who was Ben Skora?
American inventor
When was Ben Skora born?
Ben Skora was born in 1901.
When did Ben Skora die?
Ben Skora died in 2018.
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Ben Skora was an inventor.
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