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Burke Hinman Scholer
March 6, 1935 – March 30, 2021
Lived 86 years
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1935
Born March 6
1939
Burke was 4 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters
1944
Burke was 9 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1959
Burke was 24 when Barbie made her debut
1962
Burke was 27 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1975
Burke was 40 when Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War
1982
Burke was 47 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1995
Burke was 60 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2005
Burke was 70 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2016
Burke was 81 when Pokemon Go sent millions outdoors hunting creatures
2020
Burke was 85 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away March 30, age 86
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