In loving memory
Betty Lou Van Pelt
October 3, 1929 – April 22, 2023
Lived 93 years
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1929
Born October 3
1939
Betty was 10 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters
1944
Betty was 15 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1951
Betty was 22 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1962
Betty was 33 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1974
Betty was 45 when Richard Nixon resigned the presidency
1982
Betty was 53 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1995
Betty was 66 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2007
Betty was 78 when the first iPhone went on sale
2014
Betty was 85 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2022
Betty was 93 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2023
Passed away April 22, age 93
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