In loving memory
Robert G. Read
May 18, 1930 – November 9, 2010
Lived 80 years
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1930
Born May 18
1939
Robert was 9 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Robert was 12 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1955
Robert was 25 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
1964
Robert was 34 when President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act
1976
Robert was 46 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Robert was 51 when MTV began broadcasting
1995
Robert was 65 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2005
Robert was 75 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Passed away November 9, age 80
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