Gee, when you get into your 60's, it comes as a bit of a surprise that people who you used to hear on the radio in the 60's are still alive. Yeah, I know, two Beatles are still with us, but because they've always been touring and making new stuff, their continued living status is no surprise.
But the one I do find surprising when I'm reminded he's still kicking around, because you don't hear of him all that often, is Tom Jones.
And now, just looking around some papers, I see that Herb Alpert is still alive too! Aged 91. Spanish Flea still springs readily to mind. I'm sure my parents had it on LP.
Speaking of ageing performers, I did see a video a few months ago about how Franki Valli, looking extremely decrepit and as if the victim of elder abuse, was still going on stage and lip synching to his old songs in a highly cringeworthy way. (And he was still trying to tour as recently as May this year.😐)
Anyway, in other "must surely be on death's door" news, the fact that Mitch McConnell was rushed into hospital three weeks ago after being unconscious at home and his wife went to China three days later for a "long planned" trip is very, very odd. (McConnell is still in hospital, but no one has seen proof of effective life.)
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