The Bear
John Ross Everett
March 19, 1950 – December 12, 2023
Lived 73 years
Gun Barrel, Texas
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It's For My Dad - Nancy Sinatra
Like a Rock
John and the Bear
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The world John knew
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1950
Born March 19
1958
John was 8 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1961
John was 11 when NASA picked Houston for its Manned Spacecraft Center
1974
John was 24 when Richard Nixon resigned the presidency
1981
John was 31 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
John was 48 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
John was 55 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
John was 60 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2022
John was 72 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2023
Passed away December 12, age 73
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