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Senators Length of Service 1. ByrdRobert C. Byrd (D‑WV) 51_5_2651 years, 5 months, 26 days 2. InouyeDaniel K. Inouye (D‑HI) 49_11_1549 years, 11 months, 15 days 3. LeahyPatrick J. Leahy (D‑VT) 48.48 years Once you are in and last a while, you gain power and are able to shovel funds to the home state helping you retain your seat.

If Mitch McConnell survives 2023, he gets my vote for 2024. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1194115265/sen-mitch-mcconnells-health-issues-spotlights-kentuckys-succession-process

This week he is in a full page ad (anniversary of his moon walk in the Wall Street Journal US) for a wrist watch ... He is doing very well for a newlywed.

I like this idea for a thread. Tony Bennett being one.

Tony Bennett, Crooner Who Bridged Genres and Generations, Dies at 96 https://www.wsj.com/articles/tony-bennett-crooner-who-bridged-genres-and-generations-dies-c532562?st=banat95tz82z4w3&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Septic shock, I was in the hospital for two days last month on the verge of sepsis (caught it before cellulitis advanced). I am still in pain. $28k, glad insurance covered all but a few hundred US$.

William O'Neil https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230529005167/en/William-ONeil-Company-Announces-the-Passing-of-William-J.-ONeil

Please don't spread untrue stories like that.

Harry Belafonte, barrier-smashing entertainer and activist, dies at 96 (msn.com)

109 and still driving https://news.yahoo.com/man-109-still-drives-car-203838450.html

Not too surprising, their bodies were probably on mega steroid doses. Good category. and for what? look at the pay scale $700 to $1000 per episode (USA).

Now in hospice care.

Obituary: https://www.wsj.com/articles/actress-raquel-welch-dies-at-82-9fa1a4d8?st=v07su5i20pmfomi&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

one of the best - RIP

RIP

very interesting story and photos https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11607231/Americas-oldest-living-person-Bessie-Hendricks-dies-age-115.html?ito=push-notification&ci=fwTnRz79g4&cri=QmJ3_ZILcO&si=pRnnxIeyarF0&ai=11607231

—“Avengers” star Jeremy Renner is being treated for serious injuries that he suffered while plowing snow, .. Critical condition

Dies he count for 2022?

Not Buzz. I don't see that one for this year.

nice you posted this, I was just thinking of them this week (I got their autographs along with Pat Paulsen in 1968)

Barbara Walters almost survived 2022

Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-obama-to-neymar-tributes-to-pele-pour-in-from-across-the-globe-11672349238?st=6peqm9gwoba5gvy&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

I saw him play in Rochester, NY about 47-years ago (he played for the NY Cosmos) -- I doubt he considered it a high honor to play against the Lancers.

Pele sure did break the system, my posting took about 20-min to get out there. (there were no postings when I started it)