Tribute to the many veterans of the first world war who are dying from old age now. Very touching.
See how very few are left: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_veterans_of_World_War_I
The goldberg family’s 30 years of portraits
I always thought it would be a great way to show how aging sucks by showing people we care about that are no longer with us, and their progression from their prime, to their near forgottenness, to their absense. I don’t think these folks are famous, so the emotional impact won’t be as great, and they’re not exactly ancient yet…but it was quite good luck to have happened upon them I think.
If you remember once in a while how aging sucks, and what’s in store for us all (in the absence of scientific progress).
In the New York Times
Life expectancy for the nation as a whole has increased, but the affluent have made greater gains, researchers said.
