In loving memory
Sotiris "Sam" Rigas Mantas
December 30, 1962 – October 3, 2022
Lived 59 years
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1962
Born December 30
1969
Sotiris was 7 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1976
Sotiris was 14 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1977
Sotiris was 15 when Elvis Presley died
1981
Sotiris was 19 when MTV began broadcasting
1982
Sotiris was 20 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1994
Sotiris was 32 when "Friends" premiered
1998
Sotiris was 36 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2022
Passed away October 3, age 59
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