In loving memory
Robert Lee Nelson
August 23, 1950 – July 16, 1991
Lived 40 years
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1950
Born August 23
1957
Robert was 7 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1962
Robert was 12 when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
1974
Robert was 24 when Richard Nixon resigned the presidency
1976
Robert was 26 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1982
Robert was 32 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1991
Passed away July 16, age 40
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