In loving memory
Willard H Schwantz
December 6, 1943 – May 15, 2022
Lived 78 years
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1943
Born December 6
1949
Willard was 6 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1959
Willard was 16 when Barbie made her debut
1967
Willard was 24 when the first Super Bowl was played
1976
Willard was 33 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1982
Willard was 39 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1994
Willard was 51 when "Friends" premiered
2005
Willard was 62 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
Willard was 71 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2021
Willard was 78 when the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
2022
Passed away May 15, age 78
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