In loving memory of Maria Gallegos
Maria Esperanza Gallegos
August 25, 1941 – January 24, 2023
Lived 81 years
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1941
Born August 25
1947
Maria was 6 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1954
Maria was 13 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1962
Maria was 21 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1976
Maria was 35 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Maria was 40 when MTV began broadcasting
1995
Maria was 54 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2001
Maria was 60 when Apple introduced the iPod
2010
Maria was 69 when Instagram was launched
2022
Maria was 81 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2023
Passed away January 24, age 81
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