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Leonard Nelson Phillips
November 12, 1947 – November 9, 2021
Lived 73 years
Marathon, NY
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1947
Born November 12
1947
Birth
1949
Leonard was 2 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1958
Leonard was 11 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1966
Graduation Johnson City High School
1966
Military Service United States Army
1968
Leonard was 21 when the Tet Offensive began in Vietnam
1970
Military Retirement United States Army
1971
Met Jeanie Lynn Rowe
1972
Marriage to Jeanie Lynn Rowe
1975
Leonard was 28 when Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War
1977
Sealed For Eternity
1982
Leonard was 35 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1994
Leonard was 47 when "Friends" premiered
2004
Leonard was 57 when Facebook was launched
2015
Leonard was 68 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2020
Leonard was 73 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away November 9, age 73
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