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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
