Always in our hearts!
Franklin Delano Nix
October 22, 1944 – June 25, 2020
Lived 75 years
Lakeview Cemetery · Lenoir City, Tennessee
Heros live forever but LEGENDS never die
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1944
Born October 22
1945
Franklin was 1 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1955
Franklin was 11 when Disneyland opened
1969
Franklin was 25 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1971
Franklin was 27 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Franklin was 38 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Franklin was 54 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2007
Franklin was 63 when the first iPhone went on sale
2014
Franklin was 70 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
Passed away June 25, age 75
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