In loving memory
Franklin Earl England
April 12, 1942 – December 19, 2023
Lived 81 years
Park Lake Cemetery · Marion, Michigan
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1942
Born April 12
1949
Franklin was 7 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1958
Franklin was 16 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1964
Franklin was 22 when the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show
1971
Franklin was 29 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Franklin was 40 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Franklin was 56 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2004
Franklin was 62 when Facebook was launched
2016
Franklin was 74 when the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908
2022
Franklin was 80 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2023
Passed away December 19, age 81
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