In loving memory
Charles Lester Jensen
September 6, 1897 – August 15, 1997
Lived 99 years
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1897
Born September 6
1908
Charles was 11 when "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was written
1914
Charles was 17 when World War I began in Europe
1920
Charles was 23 when Prohibition began
1939
Charles was 42 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1941
Charles was 44 when the United States entered World War II
1951
Charles was 54 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1969
Charles was 72 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1971
Charles was 74 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Charles was 84 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Charles was 97 when "Friends" premiered
1997
Passed away August 15, age 99
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