[First Amendment]

Regarding life spans - I read several places that life spans in previous times weren't necessarily shorter but they factored in mothers dying young, high infant mortality, etc. Even in the middle ages if someone lived through childhood, they have a good shot at living til 70 or more.

[azhenfud]

I know my GGG grandfather who served the CSA and the CSN - his father died at 82, and his grandfather at 79.

Anyway, the only way I can picture Byrd playing anything at his age is for him to play the part of a senile old man in a "rolling chair" trying hard to recall his past....