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Who you calling old? Not these remarkable people, that’s for sure! In observation of the International Day of the Elderly on October 1, Tidbits pays its respects to the accomplishments of those dubbed “elderly” by society. • Poland-born virtuoso pianist Artur Rubenstein’s accomplishments began at a young age and continued for over 90 years. At age two, he demonstrated perfect pitch, and by age four, he was considered a child prodigy. His concert debut was at age 7, performing Mozart, Schubert, and Mendelssohn. At 13, he was performing with the Berlin Philharmonic, and had his first performance at Carnegie Hall at 19. An Oscar-winning documentary “The Love of Life” chronicled his life and career. In 1976, he gave his final concert at 89, after eight decades of performances. Rubenstein was fluent in eight languages. • In her 20s, New York nurse Barbara Hillary survived breast cancer. In her 60s, she conquered lung cancer. And at age 75, she conquered the North Pole, setting foot on the Pole in 2007. At 79, Barbara stood on the South Pole. In 2004, 89-year-old Dorothy Davenhill traveled aboard a Russian nuclear icebreaker to the North Pole, the oldest person to visit the Pole. Turn the page for more!

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• Fore! Apparently age has nothing to do with the ability to score a hole-in-one. In 1985, 99-yearold Swiss golfer Otto Bucher did it at a Spanish golf course on the 130-yard 12th hole. His feat was topped in 2014 when 103-year-old Gus Andreone achieved his eighth lifetime hole-in-one at Sarasota, Florida’s Lakes Course on a 113-yard hole. Andreone had his first hole-in-one in 1939 and was a member of the PGA for more than 75 years. His advice: “You should get up and enjoy the day, take a little time to look around, enjoy the scenery and the golf course and the people you’re playing with.” • The list of Hulda Crooks’ achievements is a long one. This American mountaineer climbed California’s Mt. Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. Mt. Whitney, at 14,505 feet is the tallest mountain in the Lower 48. In addition to Mt. Whitney, she scaled 97 other peaks during the same time period. At 91, she became the oldest woman to complete the ascent of Japan’s 12,388ft. Mt. Fuji. Hulda hiked the entire 212-mile John Muir Trail in the high Sierras as well as hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. At 95, she was still walking two miles every day. • In 1987, nine days after Hulda Crooks’ Mt. Fuji accomplishment, Teiichi Igarashi, a former lumberjack and forest ranger in Japan, did the same thing … only he was 100! This gentleman had been climbing Fuji every year since he was 89, and became the first centenarian to complete the ascent. Igarashi’s daily routine was to rise at 6 AM, eat his regular bowl of rice with raw eggs, soy bean soup, and vegetables, and take a onehour nap after lunch. He completed a two-hour walk each afternoon and went to bed at 8 PM each day. ...continued

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• In 1976, Greek runner Dimitrion Yordanidis completed the 26-mile marathon from Marathon, Greece to Athens in 7 hours, 33 minutes. Not bad for a 98-year-old! In 2011, the Toronto Marathon was completed by 100-year-old Fauja Singh in 8 hours, 11 minutes. Singh renewed his passion for running in his 80s following the deaths of his wife and his son. • The Hawaii Ironman event has been mastered by two astounding gentlemen, both in their 80s. In 2011, 81-year-old New York physicist Lew Hollander completed the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26.2-mile marathon run. Hollander wasn’t finished after his Hawaiian achievement – he finished the Panama City, Florida Ironman in 2014 at 84. In 2018, 85-year-old Hiromu Inada completed the Hawaii event, breaking Hollander’s record. • German historian and scholar Theodor Mommsen was hailed as “the greatest living master of the art of historical writing” after his massive work “A History of Rome,” a multi-volume history of ancient Rome. He received the Nobel Prize for his work in 1902, when he was 85 years old. • Peter Roget’s achievement at age 73 was remarkable, extraordinary, amazing, outstanding, noteworthy, and significant. Why all these descriptive synonyms? Roget was a British physician who collected synonyms and antonyms for his entire life and organized them into the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition first published in 1852, continuing for 28 printings during Roget’s life. It’s believed he made word lists as a means of coping with depression. ...continued

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• Tao Porchon-Lynch fell and broke her hip at age 87 and required hip replacement surgery. Her doctor told her to slow down and take it easy. So much for doctor’s orders! Tao, who had been studying yoga since she was 8, was back to teaching classes a month later, and was still teaching 12 classes a week six years later. She also signed up for ballroom dancing lessons shortly after her hip surgery. At 93, she was still winning dancing competitions and at 96, competed on “America’s Got Talent” as the oldest competitive ballroom dancer. Tao passed away peacefully at 101.

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• On Oct. 21, 1797, the USS Constitution, a 44-gun U.S. Navy frigate, is launched in Boston Harbor. She was built to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli and won the nickname "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812, when British shots merely bounced off Constitution's sides. • On Oct. 19, 1931, David Cornwell, known as spy novelist John le Carre, is born in Poole, England. He published his first spy novel, "Call for the Dead," in 1961. The novel, like his second, "A Murder of Quality" (1962), featured spy George Smiley. • On Oct. 22, 1957, in Saigon, Vietnam, 13 American military personnel are wounded in three terrorist bombings. During America's official involvement (1964-1973), over 3 million armed forces were deployed to Vietnam, resulting in 58,220 deaths.

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• On Oct. 20, 1968, 21-year-old Dick Fosbury sets an Olympic record at the Mexico City Games when he high-jumps 7 feet, 4 1/4 inches. Fosbury's unique jumping, known as the Fosbury Flop, was described in the press as "a guy falling off the back of a truck." • On Oct. 18, 1974, singer Al Green is attacked when an ex-girlfriend pours a pot of hot grits on his back while he was in the bathtub. Green was left with severe injuries but also a spiritual awakening. By 1976, Green had become an ordained Baptist minister and established a Memphis church. • On Oct. 17, 1986, President Ronald Reagan signs into law an act that approves $100 million in humanitarian and military aid for Nicaraguan Contras with a goal of overthrowing the Sandinista government. Shortly afterward, however, the Iran-Contra scandal was revealed wherein the U.S. had sold missiles and arms in secret deals with Iran and $30 million were diverted to the Contras. • On Oct. 23, 2002, nearly 800 people in a Moscow theater are taken hostage by 50 Chechen Army rebels. Russian special forces surrounded the building and pumped in a gas that rendered the terrorists and hostages unconscious. During the subsequent raid, 120 hostages were killed as well as most of the rebels.

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• Anna began selling her paintings, charging $3.00 to $5.00 each, depending on its size. She sold them at the county fair, right alongside her home-canned pickles. But it was a display in the local drug store in 1938, when she was 78, that launched her career. Louis Caldor was an engineer, as well as an art collector, traveling through upstate New York, when he spied her work in the window of the store. He bought every painting, plus 10 more she had on hand at home, paying no more than $5.00 apiece. ...continued

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• The following year, three Grandma Moses paintings were included in an exhibit in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. By 1940, she had her first solo exhibition entitled “What a Farm Wife Painted,” at another New York City gallery. As her fame increased, the price increased to $8,000 - $10,000. Anna went on to hold more than 100 exhibitions over the next 20 years.

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• Anna painted every day for 25 years, producing more than 1,500 canvasses. In 1950, when Grandma Moses was 92, filmmaker Jerome Hill directed a documentary of her life, a film that was nominated for an Academy Award. Two years later, she published her autobiography, “My Life’s History.” She had this to say about her life: “I look back on my life like a good day’s work, it was done and I feel satisfied with it. I made the best out of what life offered.” She died in 1961 at age 101. • The paintings of Grandma Moses can be found in many major museums, include New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian Museum of Art. When they come on the market, they frequently sell for over $1 million. In 2006, her 1943 painting, “Sugaring Off,” sold at auction for $1.2 million.

NUGGET OF KNOWLEDGE Famed orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski was confident in his aging process – he signed a six-year recording contract when he was 94. He led several renowned orchestras, including Philadelphia, the Houston Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic, and was the conductor who appeared in the Disney movie “Fantasia.” For ten years, he was the husband of Gloria Vanderbilt. However confident he seemed to be, Stokowski passed away a year after signing the contract.

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