VETERAN
Paul Allen Mattson
July 21, 1948 – February 8, 2024
Lived 75 years
Santan Memorial Garden · Queen Creek, AZ
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1948
Born July 21
1949
Paul was 1 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1958
Paul was 10 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1963
Paul was 15 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1971
Paul was 23 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Paul was 34 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1991
Paul was 43 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2007
Paul was 59 when the first iPhone went on sale
2014
Paul was 66 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2022
Paul was 74 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away February 8, age 75
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