Memento Mori

[poliphilo]

When a famous person dies I nearly always make a point of comparing their age with mine. (David Frost was 12 years older than me.) It gives me an idea of where I stand.  

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[artkouros.livejournal.com]

It's easy for me - Madonna and I are the same age.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've no idea who my famous contemporaries are. I guess I should google "Born in 1951".

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

You are the same age as my husband. I'm one year younger.

It was a bit of a shock to hear that David Frost was only 74. I thought he was much older than me, not just 13 years older.

I enjoyed That Was The Week That Was in the mid-60s, but I hadn't realised he was only 23 when he first became famous. I remember his as looking older. Perhaps it was the short hair, suit, collar and tie at a time when the younger generation were growing their hair and wearing casual clothes?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, he was straight out of university when he got the TW3 gig.

I can't say I'd given it any thought, but if you'd asked me I'd have guessed he was in his 80s.