Sharing the news reported on the Class of 1965 website administrator, Carmella "Cookie" Tomba Paulson:

"Another fellow classmate gone to soon. John Wells passed on September 30,2020 after his long battle with Cancer. He was a very unique guy and kept entertaining us with his singing and stories. Our sympathy to his wife, Kyoko, and son, Ken Kitzrow Wells, of Japan, and the rest of his family. He will be missed."