In loving memory
Theodore Arnold Griffin
May 5, 1939 – October 19, 2017
Lived 78 years
Monee, IL
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1939
Born May 5
1945
Theodore was 6 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1951
Theodore was 12 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1969
Theodore was 30 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1977
Theodore was 38 when Elvis Presley died
1981
Theodore was 42 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Theodore was 59 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Theodore was 66 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2015
Theodore was 76 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2017
Passed away October 19, age 78
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