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Michael Joseph Derr
June 26, 1921 – July 7, 1991
Lived 70 years
Calvary Cemetery · Pottsville, Pennsylvania
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1921
Born June 26
1929
Michael was 8 when the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday
1935
Michael was 14 when Parker Brothers released Monopoly
1945
Michael was 24 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1950
Michael was 29 when the Korean War began
1967
Michael was 46 when the first Super Bowl was played
1971
Michael was 50 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Michael was 60 when MTV began broadcasting
1990
Michael was 69 when Nelson Mandela was released from prison
1991
Passed away July 7, age 70
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