In loving memory
Martin Leroy Gross
June 18, 1919 – April 23, 1980
Lived 60 years
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1919
Born June 18
1928
Martin was 9 when Mickey Mouse debuted in "Steamboat Willie"
1939
Martin was 20 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Martin was 23 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1955
Martin was 36 when the Salk polio vaccine was declared safe and effective
1969
Martin was 50 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1976
Martin was 57 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1980
Passed away April 23, age 60
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