Perhaps we've done this before, but all the threads about great musicians or others who die fairly young, while so many evil people seem to never die, made me wonder what examples there are of peaceful, decent people - or as well as is humanly possible - and lived to be pretty old.
A few great people in my family lived a long time. Our favorite distant cousin in Ravensburg, BW is 95 and called my parents during a few months ago just to see how they were.
But maybe some uplifting famous examples.
Mandela made it to 95
Dr Seuss made it to 87
Desmond Tutu is 89. He's alright, I think.
The Dalai Lama is 80, I think. Big hitter, the Lama.
Stephen Hawking lived to be 76, which isn't old by general standards but very old for somebody with ALS, I'm told. He seemed to be basically a good sort.
Ram Dass recently died at 88 despite being in a lot of pain from a stroke for the last decade or so. He helped a lot of people.
George Burns seemed like a decent sort. Lived to 100. Same with Bob Hope. He wasn't really funny, but he did some good things, I suppose.
Kids author Beverly Clearly lived to be 103
Norman Lear is still hanging in there at 98. He made important, great TV and has done a lot for great causes
Mel Brooks is 94
His good buddy Carl Reiner made it to 98
Einstein made it to 76. Not bad.
Darwin made it to 73. Pretty good for the era.
Earl Bakken, the founder of Medtronic, gave away a ton of money and his inventions saved a lot of lives. He lived to be 94
A few great people in my family lived a long time. Our favorite distant cousin in Ravensburg, BW is 95 and called my parents during a few months ago just to see how they were.
But maybe some uplifting famous examples.
Mandela made it to 95
Dr Seuss made it to 87
Desmond Tutu is 89. He's alright, I think.
The Dalai Lama is 80, I think. Big hitter, the Lama.
Stephen Hawking lived to be 76, which isn't old by general standards but very old for somebody with ALS, I'm told. He seemed to be basically a good sort.
Ram Dass recently died at 88 despite being in a lot of pain from a stroke for the last decade or so. He helped a lot of people.
George Burns seemed like a decent sort. Lived to 100. Same with Bob Hope. He wasn't really funny, but he did some good things, I suppose.
Kids author Beverly Clearly lived to be 103
Norman Lear is still hanging in there at 98. He made important, great TV and has done a lot for great causes
Mel Brooks is 94
His good buddy Carl Reiner made it to 98
Einstein made it to 76. Not bad.
Darwin made it to 73. Pretty good for the era.
Earl Bakken, the founder of Medtronic, gave away a ton of money and his inventions saved a lot of lives. He lived to be 94
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