Respect Your Elders: Bob Seger
#RespectYourElders: Bob Seger, age 73, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. With a career spanning six decades, Seger has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriters Hall of […]
Respect Your Elders: Stephen King
#RespectYourElders: Stephen King, 71, is a world-famous author of horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy stories. He’s also an advocate for up-and-coming writers in his home state of Maine. After working his way up from relative poverty in a working-class town in Maine, today, King is one of the best-selling authors of all time. He […]
Respect Your Elders: Glenn Close
#RespectYourElders: Glenn Close, age 71, is an award-winning television, film and stage actress. In January 2019, she received her third Golden Globe for her portrayal of a woman whose ambitions are eclipsed by her husband’s career in “The Wife.” Close began her career in theatre, performing on stages across New York City during the 1970s […]
Respect Your Elders: George R. R. Martin
#RespectYourElders: George R. R. Martin, 70, is a fantasy novelist, producer and screenwriter. He is the author of the best-selling series, “A Song of Ice and Fire” which has been adapted into the HBO phenomenon “Game of Thrones.” Martin’s interest in fantasy can be traced all of the way back to his upbringing. Martin grew […]
Respect Your Elders: Ina Garten
#RespectYourElders: Ina Garten, 70, is a chef, author and television personality best known for her Emmy-winning Food Network show and cookbooks of the same name, “The Barefoot Contessa.” When Garten took her first job as a White House government aide, she never dreamed she would someday be the celebrated chef she is today. While she […]
Respect Your Elders: Dick Van Dyke
#RespectYourElders: Dick Van Dyke is an award-winning actor, comedian, singer and dancer best known for his starring role in the television classic, “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” At 92, his impressive career has earned him five Primetime Emmys, a Tony Award, a Grammy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. From an […]
Respect Your Elders: Margaret Kivelson
#RespectYourElders: Margaret Kivelson is a celebrated space physicist and planetary scientist. Her lifetime contributions have advanced our knowledge of Jupiter and space as a whole. Now, at age 90, she continues to conduct research and share her knowledge through teaching. From an early age, Kivelson excelled in her studies. Her aptitude for math and hunger […]
Respect Your Elders: Nicola Beauman
#RespectYourElders: Nicola Beauman, a British biographer, has turned her passion for women’s literature into a booming career in Bloomsbury, London. At age 74, she is the proud owner of Persephone Books, a publishing house that reprints “forgotten” works primarily by female authors. Beauman studied at Cambridge, where her love of writing and fine arts flourished. […]
Respect Your Elders: Allan Ganz
#RespectYourElders: If you could make a career out of selling ice cream, would you? Meet Guiness World Record recipient Allan Ganz. At 81, he is the record holder for longest career as an ice cream man. As the son of an ice cream truck owner, Ganz started selling chilly treats at just 10 years old […]
Respect Your Elders: Kittie Weston-Knauer
#RespectYourElders: If you think riding a bike in the city is scary, you may not believe Kittie Weston-Knauer’s amazing BMX career. At 70 years old, Weston-Knauer is the oldest female BMX racer in the United States and has no intention of stopping any time soon. Weston-Knauer watched her husband and son compete in BMX races […]
Respect Your Elders: Sam Gilliam
#RespectYourElders: Sam Gilliam, born in 1933, is a celebrated abstract artist best known for his association with the Washington Color School and the unique draped canvas technique he employs in many of his pieces. Gilliam’s career as an artist took off soon after he received his Master of Arts degree in painting from the University […]
Respect Your Elders: Maye Musk
#RespectYourElders: You may have heard of business mogul Elon Musk. His mother, Maye Musk, has also had a successful career, especially in recent years. Musk has been a working model for the past 50 years, gracing covers of magazines like Time and Vogue. She’s also appeared in commercials for brands like Target and Clinique, and […]
Respect Your Elders: Ruth Turner
#RespectYourElders: Are you as big of a baseball fan as Ruth Turner? Turner, at the age of 92, has been attending and unofficially keeping score of New York Yankees home games for the past 25 years. Turner, also known as the “lady with the radio” can be spotted at every game in Section 105, marking […]
Respect Your Elders: Adrian Piper
#RespectYourElders: Adrian Piper (born 1948) is one of the world’s most respected conceptual artists. Her life’s work was recently showcased at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) — the largest show MoMA has ever curated for a living artist. Piper made her debut as an artist when her work appeared in The Village Voice in […]
Respect Your Elders: Kathleen Chalfant
#RespectYourElders: Kathleen Chalfant (born 1945) is one of Broadway’s most respected actresses. Widely known for her performances in “Angels in America” and “Wit” in the 1990s, she’s continued to take on unique roles on both stage and screen. Chalfant made her Off-Broadway acting debut in 1974 in “Cowboy Pictures,” kicking off a steady stream of […]
Respect Your Elders: Nell Irvin Painter
This week’s #RespectYourElders feature shows you can follow your dreams at any time of life. Nell Irvin Painter (born 1942) recently published a memoir titled “Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over” about the time she went back to art school — after spending 40 years in a completely different career. For several decades, […]
Respect Your Elders: Irma Thomas
#RespectYourElders: Irma Thomas, the “Soul Queen of New Orleans,” recently received an honorary doctorate from Tulane University. Thomas (born 1941) got her start singing with a Baptist Church Choir and auditioned for her first record label at age 13. At 18, she released her first single, “Don’t Mess With My Man,” which reached number 22 […]
Respect Your Elders: Dionne Warwick
#RespectYourElders: Dionne Warwick may be best known as one of the biggest gospel, R&B and pop singers of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. She was also one of the first celebrities to begin advocating for AIDS research in the 1980s, and continues to do so today. Warwick (born 1940) grew up singing gospel music at […]
Respect Your Elders: David Hockney
#RespectYourElders: David Hockney, one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century, continues creating and showcasing new works today. Hockney (born 1937) was initially associated with the British Pop art movement in the late 1950s, before moving to Los Angeles in 1964. (He later moved between London, L.A. and Paris.) In L.A., Hockney […]
Respect Your Elders: Mary Higgins Clark
#RespectYourElders: As one of the best-selling suspense authors in the United States for more than four decades, Mary Higgins Clark continues to produce new works today. Higgins Clark (born 1927) published her most recent novel in April. Higgins Clark began writing an early age, composing poems or short plays to act out with her friends. […]
Respect Your Elders: Andrew Young
#RespectYourElders: Earlier this month, thousands of people gathered in Memphis, Tennessee to honor the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death on April 4, 1968. The crowd included Andrew Young, a former U.S. Congressman and Atlanta mayor who was with King the night he died. He continues to speak out about civil rights, and […]
Respect Your Elders: Balkrishna Doshi
#RespectYourElders: He’s an architect who’s made an impact beyond designing beautiful buildings. Balkrishna Doshi (born 1927) is the newest recipient of the 2018 Pritzker Prize, also known as the “Nobel for architects.” Doshi was honored for his work over the last six decades, during which he’s helped transform the study and practice of architecture. He […]
Respect Your Elders: Isabel Allende
#RespectYourElders: It’s #WomensHistoryMonth, so we’re recognizing one of the world’s most influential female authors, Isabel Allende. Allende (born 1942) is a Chilean-American writer often regarded as the “world’s most widely read Spanish-language author.” Throughout her career, Allende has published 23 books that have been translated into 35 languages. Her most popular literary works are in […]
Respect Your Elders: Jasper Johns
#RespectYourElders: More than 60 years since his artwork first drew attention, Jasper Johns continues to make an impression on America. And he’s still not giving people answers about the meaning behind his work. Johns (born 1930) is often regarded as “America’s most acclaimed living artist.” But he grew up in in a town he […]
Respect Your Elders: Tommie Smith
#RespectYourElders: Are you tuning into the 2018 Winter Olympics? This #BlackHistoryMonth, take a look back at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where track and field competitor Tommie Smith (born 1944) led one of the most memorable moments in Olympic history. You may recall when he and John Carlos held up their fists in solidarity with people […]
