In loving memory
Maria Luz Garcia
May 9, 1938 – July 10, 2024
Lived 86 years
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1938
Born May 9
1939
Maria was 1 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1945
Maria was 7 when World War II ended
1958
Maria was 20 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1963
Maria was 25 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1971
Maria was 33 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Maria was 44 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Maria was 60 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
Maria was 63 when Apple introduced the iPod
2016
Maria was 78 when Pokemon Go sent millions outdoors hunting creatures
2022
Maria was 84 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away July 10, age 86
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