VETERAN
James Robert 'Bob' Manis
April 20, 1938 – November 11, 2021
Lived 83 years
Alpine, California
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1938
Born April 20
1939
James was 1 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1945
James was 7 when World War II ended
1959
James was 21 when Barbie made her debut
1962
James was 24 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1977
James was 39 when Elvis Presley died
1982
James was 44 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
James was 60 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
James was 63 when Apple introduced the iPod
2014
James was 76 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
James was 82 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away November 11, age 83
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