In loving memory
Donovan Decker
February 13, 1927 – June 7, 2009
Lived 82 years
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1927
Born February 13
1929
Donovan was 2 when the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday
1935
Donovan was 8 when Parker Brothers released Monopoly
1944
Donovan was 17 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1950
Donovan was 23 when the Korean War began
1969
Donovan was 42 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1976
Donovan was 49 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Donovan was 54 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Donovan was 71 when Google was founded
2005
Donovan was 78 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2009
Passed away June 7, age 82
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