In loving memory
Chad Wayne Kirkland
January 6, 1977 – May 26, 2025
Lived 48 years
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1977
Born January 6
1981
Chad was 4 when MTV began broadcasting
1989
Chad was 12 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1991
Chad was 14 when the Soviet Union dissolved
1998
Chad was 21 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
Chad was 24 when Apple introduced the iPod
2004
Chad was 27 when Facebook was launched
2025
Passed away May 26, age 48
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