VETERAN
In loving memory of
Russell Edwin Counts
January 27, 1947 – August 4, 2021
Lived 74 years
St. Callistus Cemetery · Kane, Pennsylvania
"If you're looking for sympathy, it's in the dictionary between shit and syphilis." - Russ
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1947
Born January 27
1949
Russell was 2 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1959
Russell was 12 when Barbie made her debut
1967
Russell was 20 when the first Super Bowl was played
1971
Russell was 24 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Russell was 34 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Russell was 51 when Google was founded
2005
Russell was 58 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
Russell was 67 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
Russell was 73 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away August 4, age 74
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