In loving memory
Lavern Leroy Raab
October 6, 1929 – January 13, 2013
Lived 83 years
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1929
Born October 6
1939
Lavern was 10 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1941
Lavern was 12 when the United States entered World War II
1951
Lavern was 22 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1969
Lavern was 40 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1977
Lavern was 48 when Star Wars opened in theaters
1981
Lavern was 52 when MTV began broadcasting
1995
Lavern was 66 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2005
Lavern was 76 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Lavern was 81 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2013
Passed away January 13, age 83
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