They are living time capsules in a world that moves too fast to remember. Elizabeth Waldo’s life bridges forgotten indigenous melodies and modern cultural study, proving that sound itself can be an archive of memory. Karen Marsh Doll’s stories connect us to the sets of The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, not as distant myths, but as days she actually lived through. Ray Anthony’s trumpet still echoes with the energy of packed ballrooms and a country learning to dance again after war.
Meanwhile, June Lockhart, Eva Marie Saint, Dick Van Dyke, Mel Brooks, William Shatner, and Barbara Eden turn longevity into an act of defiance, laughing in the face of time. Clint Eastwood, Sophia Loren, Michael Caine, Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine, Al Pacino, and Jane Fonda continue to work, protest, and create, reminding us that relevance is not a number. Their greatest legacy may be this simple truth: growing older is inevitable, but growing dim is a choice.
