In loving memory
Charles Julius Diedrich
November 4, 1929 – August 15, 2023
Lived 93 years
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1929
Born November 4
1935
Charles was 6 when Parker Brothers released Monopoly
1944
Charles was 15 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1954
Charles was 25 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1969
Charles was 40 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1976
Charles was 47 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1989
Charles was 60 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1998
Charles was 69 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2004
Charles was 75 when Facebook was launched
2017
Charles was 88 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2022
Charles was 93 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2023
Passed away August 15, age 93
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