Image via WikipediaI was about to post a hail-and-farewell to the veteran journalist Daniel Schorr, who died last week, not only because of his long and distinguished broadcast career, but also because I’d heard him capably analyzing the news on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” just a couple of weeks ago. He was about to turn 94.
I reconsidered, though, when I realized that this constitutes a sin I’ve accused others of committing: glorifying the exceptions, the folks who remain active and productive until days before death. I once heard a gerontologist call them “supergeezers,” an improvement over the stereotype of useless seniors in rocking chairs — but a stereotype, nonetheless.
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