In loving memory
Gary Robert Podesta
January 25, 1949 – March 14, 2023
Lived 74 years
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1949
Born January 25
1955
Gary was 6 when Disneyland opened
1962
Gary was 13 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1971
Gary was 22 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Gary was 33 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Gary was 49 when Google was founded
2005
Gary was 56 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2015
Gary was 66 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2022
Gary was 73 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2023
Passed away March 14, age 74
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