In loving memory
James Leon Cripps
January 18, 1942 – September 3, 2023
Lived 81 years
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1942
Born January 18
1944
James was 2 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1957
James was 15 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1967
James was 25 when the first Super Bowl was played
1976
James was 34 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1982
James was 40 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
James was 56 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
James was 59 when Apple introduced the iPod
2014
James was 72 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2022
James was 80 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2023
Passed away September 3, age 81
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