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In loving memory of Sam Scott
Sam Speer Scott
January 18, 1922 – August 4, 1991
Lived 69 years
Lane, Kansas
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1922
Born January 18
1928
Sam was 6 when Mickey Mouse debuted in "Steamboat Willie"
1939
Sam was 17 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1941
Sam was 19 when the United States entered World War II
1950
Sam was 28 when the Korean War began
1962
Sam was 40 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1976
Sam was 54 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1989
Sam was 67 when the Berlin Wall fell
1990
Sam was 68 when the Hubble Space Telescope was launched
1991
Passed away August 4, age 69
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