Harve Bennett...RIP
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Let's cheer up.
It's not completely over yet. 1. As of this writing, there's still 4 of the 7 TOS main actors still with us. They all look to be in good health and are alert and in good shape, although obviously elderly. I've not heard of any health issues with Shatner, Takei, Koenig, or Nichols, so I expect them to still be with us for a good 15-20 years or perhaps more if we are so lucky. The guy who played Gary Mitchell in TOS 2nd pilot episode, Gary Lockwood, is still alive and well. Not too long ago I met actor Clint Howard, Ron Howard's brother and the guy who played Balok as a child in TOS episode "The Corbomite Manuever". And since he was a child back then he's like only in his 50s, so he'll be around for several decades to come barring any health issues or accidents.. So we still have a link to TOS actors.
2. There are still a number of people born in the 1920s and early 1930s. Japan has over 58,000 people over the age of 100, and those people born in the 1910s and even 1900s might even have some memores of World War I, and most definitely World War II. The oldest current living person is a Japanese woman born in 1897, so she's been through three centuries now. Two American Presidents that were in World War II are still alive as of this writing. President Jimmy Carter and President George H.W. Bush. Though Bush the elder's health has been an issue, he told people to "put away the harps, I'm not dead yet" last year when people were acting like he was about to pass just b/c he was admitted to a hospital.
3. I don't think the 20th century (especially the mid and late 20th century) will really start to become a faded memory for the general public until sometime in the 2040s or 2050s, maybey the late 2030s at the earliest, but it's more something I expect around 2045. So we still have what I expect of another 20-30 years of being able to drop 20th century pop cultural or historical references (especially the late 20th century) and most people would understand what you're talking about. Yes, yes I know there are kids around today that don't remember or weren't around for the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks in 2001, but they still likely know who JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton were/are. I don't think the 20th century, especially most of the 80s and 1990s will become a completely antiquated reference for another 20-30 years. I mean the general public is still aware and has some passing familiarity with the 1950s and 1960s, although it's clearly faded, and that was 40-50, 60 years ago.
To quote Worf: "Time is our enemy."
And biggest enemy indeed
That quote is from Children Of Time.
good one I think
Life is a bitch sometimes.
