Loving wife, mom, aunt, grandmother, and friend
Joan North
October 21, 1939 – February 15, 2026
Lived 86 years
Riverside National Cemetery · Riverside, CA
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1939
Born October 21
1945
Joan was 6 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1959
Joan was 20 when Barbie made her debut
1962
Joan was 23 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1976
Joan was 37 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Joan was 42 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Joan was 55 when "Friends" premiered
2005
Joan was 66 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2017
Joan was 78 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2022
Joan was 83 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2026
Passed away February 15, age 86
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