Really Old School

People say you’re as young as the person you feel. And many artists, particularly those who’ve enjoyed commercial success, often find themselves feeling younger the older they get. This week Artshub acknowledges great entertainers who felt they really hit their stride at a time when their contemporaries were scouring brochures for the old folk’s home.
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People say you’re as young as the person you feel. And many artists, particularly those who’ve enjoyed commercial success, often find themselves feeling younger the older they get. This week Artshub acknowledges great entertainers who felt they really hit their stride at a time when their contemporaries were scouring brochures for the old folk’s home.

Not long before he succumbed to throat cancer, legendary entertainment icon Sammy Davis Junior told TV talk-show host Larry King, “[I have] never sung better in my life than I have in the last three and a half – four years.” Davis was 65.

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Craig Scutt
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Craig Scutt is a freelance author, journalist, and writer.