VETERAN
Sidney "Pops" Pearl
September 8, 1930 – November 25, 2021
Lived 91 years
Norfolk, VA
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1930
Born September 8
1939
Sidney was 9 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1948
Sidney was 18 when Truman ordered the armed forces desegregated
1950
Sidney was 20 when the Korean War began
1962
Sidney was 32 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1976
Sidney was 46 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1989
Sidney was 59 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1991
Sidney was 61 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2001
Sidney was 71 when Apple introduced the iPod
2010
Sidney was 80 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2020
Sidney was 90 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away November 25, age 91
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