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Alfred Ray Gentle
August 4, 1935 – June 7, 2026
Lived 90 years
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1935
Born August 4
1939
Alfred was 4 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1944
Alfred was 9 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1951
Alfred was 16 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1962
Alfred was 27 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1971
Alfred was 36 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Alfred was 46 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Alfred was 59 when "Friends" premiered
2005
Alfred was 70 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Alfred was 75 when Instagram was launched
2022
Alfred was 87 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2026
Passed away June 7, age 90
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