When Ernest Akins was born on 12 January 1935, in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States, his father, Arthur Benson, was 29 and his mother, Edna Akins, was 30. He married Gertrude Marion Hennessey on 28 August 1954, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 2 April 1978, in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Hartsdale, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States.
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