In loving memory
Rita Ann Goldsby
November 16, 1937 – March 4, 2019
Lived 81 years
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1937
Born November 16
1939
Rita was 2 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1944
Rita was 7 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1959
Rita was 22 when Barbie made her debut
1969
Rita was 32 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1971
Rita was 34 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1989
Rita was 52 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1995
Rita was 58 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2001
Rita was 64 when Apple introduced the iPod
2015
Rita was 78 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2019
Passed away March 4, age 81
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