In loving memory
Rex Dreyton Bailey
November 6, 1944 – June 15, 2021
Lived 76 years
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1944
Born November 6
1947
Rex was 3 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1958
Rex was 14 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1963
Rex was 19 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1971
Rex was 27 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Rex was 37 when MTV began broadcasting
1997
Rex was 53 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2004
Rex was 60 when Facebook was launched
2010
Rex was 66 when Instagram was launched
2020
Rex was 76 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away June 15, age 76
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