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What three historical people do you wish lived longer?

Posted on 05/27/2019 3:20:24 PM PDT by MNDude

There are thousands of people who have made the world a better place to live. Many died before they were old and some would might be great to have around for a lot longer.

Which three historic people do you wish could have lived another 30 years?

Thomas Edison? Rod Sterling? Shakespeare? John Paul II? You get the point.


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To: MNDude

Kathy...Bobby..Eddie...I dunno, pick three:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPNqojbyIDk


81 posted on 05/27/2019 3:57:57 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Skooz

It took 55 posts for someone to say Mozart. That’s just wrong.


82 posted on 05/27/2019 3:57:58 PM PDT by mlo
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To: MNDude

John Wayne


83 posted on 05/27/2019 3:58:57 PM PDT by Library Lady
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To: Olog-hai

Thank you.


84 posted on 05/27/2019 4:00:55 PM PDT by softengine
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To: MNDude
There are thousands of people who have made the world a better place to live.

These three aren't historical to any one but family members but they met the above quote.

My father.
My mother.
My youngest brother.
85 posted on 05/27/2019 4:04:35 PM PDT by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: Nothingburger

Great minds ...

See post 55.


86 posted on 05/27/2019 4:04:50 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Skooz

Agree with Mozart and Schubert. How about 10 more years for Beethoven?


87 posted on 05/27/2019 4:04:57 PM PDT by Blennos
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To: MNDude

Walt Disney is an obvious one.


88 posted on 05/27/2019 4:05:29 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: sparklite2; P.O.E.

89 posted on 05/27/2019 4:05:47 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: Blennos

And Chopin certainly.


90 posted on 05/27/2019 4:07:13 PM PDT by Blennos
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To: Bullish; laweeks

Jesus?

Are you guys not familiar with how that worked, God’s plan for salvation and all?


91 posted on 05/27/2019 4:07:15 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Pelham; sparklite2

Percy Dovetonsils & the Nairobi Trio! Thanks.


92 posted on 05/27/2019 4:07:26 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: MNDude

Alexander the Great (33)
Bernhard Riemann (39)
Henry Moseley (27)

entertainers:
Mozart (35)
Buddy Holly (22)
Duane Allman (24)


93 posted on 05/27/2019 4:08:10 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: Blennos
How about 10 more years for Beethoven?

The quality of his work at the end of his life was without peer. A few more symphonies and quartets of that quality would be ... Man, I lack the vocabulary. Unimaginable.

94 posted on 05/27/2019 4:08:55 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: MNDude

Julius Caesar was just beginning to bring the Roman Republic into an era for strong man Emperors. He was such a brilliant person that it would have been interesting to see what he could do with ruling Rome.

Lincoln might have had a longer time to heal the wounds of the Civil War with another 30 years as an influential ex-Pres.

But they were both elderly for their era when they died so it’s hard to tell how they would age.


95 posted on 05/27/2019 4:08:56 PM PDT by wildbill
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To: rigelkentaurus
Buddy Holly

Great call.

96 posted on 05/27/2019 4:09:36 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: mlo

Agreed. 100%. Shows you the cultural illiteracy even on FR.


97 posted on 05/27/2019 4:10:10 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: MNDude

Churchill
Reagan
Patton.


98 posted on 05/27/2019 4:10:44 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: MNDude; wardaddy

In the spirit of the George S. Patton Jr. suggestion:

A.S. Johnston
Patrick Cleburne
Stonewall Jackson

(George S. Patton Sr. belongs with this crowd, but in my estimation is not as good as the three named, or his grandson.)


99 posted on 05/27/2019 4:11:22 PM PDT by Hieronymus ("I shall drink--to the Pope, if you please,-still, to Conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.")
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To: P.O.E.

And Edie Adams was such a hottie.


100 posted on 05/27/2019 4:12:08 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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