Our Dancing Queen
Minerva Perez
April 3, 1948 – August 21, 2024
Lived 76 years
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1948
Born April 3
1949
Minerva was 1 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1954
Minerva was 6 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1969
Minerva was 21 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1971
Minerva was 23 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1989
Minerva was 41 when the Berlin Wall fell
1998
Minerva was 50 when Google was founded
2005
Minerva was 57 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2015
Minerva was 67 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2022
Minerva was 74 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2024
Passed away August 21, age 76
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