In loving memory
Joan M LaCava
November 20, 1941 – July 3, 2025
Lived 83 years
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1941
Born November 20
1947
Joan was 6 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1959
Joan was 18 when Barbie made her debut
1962
Joan was 21 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1976
Joan was 35 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Joan was 40 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Joan was 53 when "Friends" premiered
2007
Joan was 66 when the first iPhone went on sale
2015
Joan was 74 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2022
Joan was 81 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2025
Passed away July 3, age 83
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