In loving memory
Cathy Fay Desjardins
June 4, 1952 – January 13, 2024
Lived 71 years
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1952
Born June 4
1959
Cathy was 7 when Barbie made her debut
1969
Cathy was 17 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1976
Cathy was 24 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1982
Cathy was 30 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Cathy was 46 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Cathy was 53 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Cathy was 58 when Instagram was launched
2022
Cathy was 70 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away January 13, age 71
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