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Gene Arthur Jorgensen
May 3, 1943 – April 23, 2022
Lived 78 years
Hartford Community Cemetery · Hartford, SD
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1943
Born May 3
1949
Gene was 6 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1957
Gene was 14 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1967
Gene was 24 when the first Super Bowl was played
1977
Gene was 34 when Star Wars opened in theaters
1981
Gene was 38 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Gene was 51 when "Friends" premiered
2005
Gene was 62 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2015
Gene was 72 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2021
Gene was 78 when the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
2022
Passed away April 23, age 78
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