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In loving memory of
Ulysses Percy Joyner Jr.
November 11, 1932 – December 7, 2019
Lived 87 years
Courtland Town Cemetery · Courtland, Va, Virginia
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1932
Born November 11
1939
Ulysses was 7 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1941
Ulysses was 9 when the United States entered World War II
1951
Ulysses was 19 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1962
Ulysses was 30 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1976
Ulysses was 44 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1982
Ulysses was 50 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1995
Ulysses was 63 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2005
Ulysses was 73 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2017
Ulysses was 85 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2019
Passed away December 7, age 87
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