They say you learn something new every day. What I learned through Lady Bird Johnson’s recent death was that she was still alive. Every once in a while, some celebrity or political figure dies, and I’m left thinking “Wow, I figured they died years ago.” LBJ checked out a year before I was born. I guess when you think about it, JFK might still be alive today if Oswald had missed. But it seems so long ago.
It’s also amazing to me that we have World War I vets who are still alive. Talk about longevity.  Then there are the people who I think really did die years ago, but they just haven’t realized it yet.
I just saw a headline yesterday that said QEII was meeting with two of Britain’s three living WW1 vets.