VETERAN
In Loving Memory
Burnise Perry
November 24, 1935 – September 24, 2021
Lived 85 years
Fayetteville, North Carolina
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1935
Born November 24
1939
Burnise was 4 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters
1947
Burnise was 12 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1958
Burnise was 23 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1962
Burnise was 27 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1971
Burnise was 36 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Burnise was 47 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1994
Burnise was 59 when "Friends" premiered
2005
Burnise was 70 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2017
Burnise was 82 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2020
Burnise was 85 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away September 24, age 85
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