To celebrate the beautiful life of
Willie Sue Broadus
July 21, 1940 – December 6, 2024
Lived 84 years
Scottsburg, IN
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1940
Born July 21
1947
Willie was 7 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1958
Willie was 18 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1963
Willie was 23 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1977
Willie was 37 when Star Wars opened in theaters
1989
Willie was 49 when the Berlin Wall fell
1991
Willie was 51 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2005
Willie was 65 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Willie was 70 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2022
Willie was 82 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away December 6, age 84
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