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Gelene McDonald
February 6, 1931 – October 9, 2010
Lived 79 years
Hazardville Cemetery · ENFIELD, Connecticut
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1931
Born February 6
1939
Gelene was 8 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Gelene was 11 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1951
Gelene was 20 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1967
Gelene was 36 when the first Super Bowl was played
1977
Gelene was 46 when Elvis Presley died
1981
Gelene was 50 when MTV began broadcasting
1995
Gelene was 64 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2005
Gelene was 74 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Passed away October 9, age 79
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