In loving memory
Melissa Delia Alderete
July 29, 1981 – August 29, 2025
Lived 44 years
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1981
Born July 29
1982
Melissa was 1 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1989
Melissa was 8 when the Berlin Wall fell
1994
Melissa was 13 when "Friends" premiered
1998
Melissa was 17 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2004
Melissa was 23 when Facebook was launched
2025
Passed away August 29, age 44
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