In loving memory
Howard Walter Matthews
July 30, 1942 – December 2, 2023
Lived 81 years
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1942
Born July 30
1947
Howard was 5 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1951
Howard was 9 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1963
Howard was 21 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1976
Howard was 34 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Howard was 39 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Howard was 52 when "Friends" premiered
2005
Howard was 63 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Howard was 68 when Instagram was launched
2022
Howard was 80 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2023
Passed away December 2, age 81
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