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Cork C Franklin
June 14, 1936 – June 28, 2023
Lived 87 years
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1936
Born June 14
1939
Cork was 3 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1945
Cork was 9 when World War II ended
1958
Cork was 22 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1969
Cork was 33 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1976
Cork was 40 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1989
Cork was 53 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1994
Cork was 58 when "Friends" premiered
2005
Cork was 69 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Cork was 74 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2022
Cork was 86 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2023
Passed away June 28, age 87
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