[Dixielandjazz] Keep (it) Swinging

[Marek Boym]

My parents are, Charlie; Dad died in 1997 at 86, Mom in 2012 at 99.  You
are younger than that, so I wonder about the "late sixties" life expectancy
for your generation (in 1949 I was 8).
Cheers

On 15 September 2015 at 06:03, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:

> Fellow seniors, reports of my report of your deaths are greatly
> exaggerated. I assumed that my British pen pal Alan Wheatley was dead only
> after an extensive search that came up empty. If anyone has knowledge of
> him, I’d love to contact him. An anecdote from the correspondence—he once
> wrote that it had been discovered that Bix was not dead but had been found
> playing with a 6-piece combo in Mexico City. The Blackstone Brothers at the
> N.O. Record Shop laughed it off, and I sent back a letter that began BIX IS
> DEAD. (In another sense, we all know that BIX LIVES.) Alan wrote back a
> “gotcha!” letter.
>
> All of us who have written on this strand have beaten the odds. Life
> expectancy when we were born was probably the late 60s or so. Most guys our
> age are dead. To play the game of your current odds of staying alive, go to
> http://gosset.wharton.upenn.edu/mortality/form.html <
> http://gosset.wharton.upenn.edu/mortality/form.html>
>
> Charlie
>
> >  On Sep 14, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Hal Vickery <hvickery_80 at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > In 1950 I was in utero until March 19.
> > Hal Vickery
> >
> >> From: phktrumpet at gmail.com
> >> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:06:08 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Keep (it) Swinging
> >> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> >> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
> >>
> >> In 1950, I was -2 and I’m also still here. Being premature and a pound
> and 14 ounces at birth, I was supposed to die so I’ve been playing with
> house money for the last 63 years plus.
> >> Paul Kurtz Jacksonville, FL
> >>> On Sep 14, 2015, at 7:34 PM, <alevy at alevy.com> <alevy at alevy.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> In 1950 I was 18 and I'm still here now!
> >>>
> >>> On Sept. 12th my wife and I celebrated
> >>> our 61st wedding anniversary.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Al
> >>> Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Teacher and Music Prep.
> >>> Please visit me at
> >>> http://alevy.com
> >>>
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