In loving memory
Dorothy Elaine Cost
November 30, 1942 – July 29, 2025
Lived 82 years
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1942
Born November 30
1949
Dorothy was 7 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1951
Dorothy was 9 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1967
Dorothy was 25 when the first Super Bowl was played
1971
Dorothy was 29 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Dorothy was 40 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Dorothy was 56 when Google was founded
2001
Dorothy was 59 when Apple introduced the iPod
2014
Dorothy was 72 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2022
Dorothy was 80 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2025
Passed away July 29, age 82
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