In loving memory
Michael Joel McCarty
May 10, 1947 – May 7, 2024
Lived 76 years
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1947
Born May 10
1949
Michael was 2 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1957
Michael was 10 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1967
Michael was 20 when the first Super Bowl was played
1970
Michael was 23 when the first Earth Day was celebrated
1981
Michael was 34 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Michael was 51 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Michael was 58 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2015
Michael was 68 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2022
Michael was 75 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2024
Passed away May 7, age 76
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