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MALCOLM "JOE" MELANCON
MALCOLM "JOE" MELANCON
August 14, 1946 – June 26, 2024
Lived 77 years
ST. AMANT, LOUISIANA
I WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED AS A MAN WHO HAD A WONDERFUL TIME LIVING LIFE, A MAN WHO HAD GOOD FRIENDS FINE FAMILY - AND I DONT THINK I COUOD ASK FOR ANYTHING MOR THAN THAT, ACTUALLY- FRANK SINATRA
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1946
Born August 14
1947
MALCOLM was 1 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1956
MALCOLM was 10 when the Interstate Highway System was created
1967
MALCOLM was 21 when the first Super Bowl was played
1974
MALCOLM was 28 when Richard Nixon resigned the presidency
1982
MALCOLM was 36 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
MALCOLM was 52 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
MALCOLM was 55 when Apple introduced the iPod
2017
MALCOLM was 71 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2022
MALCOLM was 76 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away June 26, age 77
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