In loving memory
Jay LeRoy Ashton
March 26, 1941 – March 29, 2022
Lived 81 years
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1941
Born March 26
1945
Jay was 4 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1958
Jay was 17 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1967
Jay was 26 when the first Super Bowl was played
1976
Jay was 35 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Jay was 40 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Jay was 57 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
Jay was 60 when Apple introduced the iPod
2010
Jay was 69 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2021
Jay was 80 when the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
2022
Passed away March 29, age 81
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