VETERAN
In loving memory of Grandpa bubbles
Michael John Ellis
December 4, 1941 – June 28, 2017
Lived 75 years
Colerain, Ohio
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Michael served in the armed forces. We honor that service here.
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1941
Born December 4
1947
Michael was 6 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1959
Michael was 18 when Barbie made her debut
1962
Michael was 21 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1971
Michael was 30 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Michael was 40 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Michael was 57 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Michael was 64 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
Michael was 73 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2017
Passed away June 28, age 75
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