Poppa
James Alfred Kirk
April 30, 1936 – August 14, 2025
Lived 89 years
Kirk Family Cemetery · Rocky Mount, Virginia
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1936
Born April 30
1939
James was 3 when World War II began in Europe
1945
James was 9 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1951
James was 15 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1969
James was 33 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1971
James was 35 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1989
James was 53 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1995
James was 59 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2005
James was 69 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2017
James was 81 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2022
James was 86 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2025
Passed away August 14, age 89
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