Hi,
I’m Ted’s daughter, Beth, writing today with the sad news that my dad passed away over the weekend at the age of 94.
He’d been resistant to moving in with us, but a minor fall at his apartment last week finally convinced him it was time. In hindsight, the fall was likely due to a small stroke.
My dad passed with us, peacefully, in our home, with my brother on FaceTime and a Mel Brooks movie on tv. Not much more you can ask for, especially in these terrible times. I consider us all to be incredibly fortunate.
As many of you know, my mom passed away in January. Mom and Dad were married for over 50 years, and it’s safe to say that her loss was a contributing factor his passing. Her health wasn’t great, and helping me care for her was his main purpose in life. That purpose fulfilled, much of the fight went out of him.
On behalf of my dad and our family, I thank you all profoundly for your readership. From the moment I set this up for for him, Dad was incredibly dedicated to his daily postings. He loved having a creative outlet again and always got a kick out of hearing from readers. Although he liked to assume an “angry old man” persona (his words,) he was anything but. He was funny and kind and far more openminded than you’d expect someone in their ninth decade to be.
Below are a couple photos I took on our final pre-lockdown excursion. We went to the Annenberg Space for Photography here in LA to see an exhibition of Vanity Fair cover photos and then had lunch his favorite Chinese restaurant. (In the second photo he’s watching them make dumplings.)
With love and gratitude,
Beth Sherman
While the epidemic continues, and you have much more spare time, offer your help. You can make someone’s life a bit easier. Delivering necessities, visit with some friendly cheer, do some cleaning and other gifts can help others get through this critical time.
I’m existing in a senior facility (old age home), surrounded by coughing, sneezing, masked geezers, and the evil bug could hit me at any time. So, what can I do about it, other than sing “If I had the wings of an angel, over these prison walls I would fly…”
The fast-food chain offers free Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos on Tuesday at their participating locations as part of its coronavirus response. No purchase is necessary, but offer is available only while supplies last.
In this era of spreading coronavirus fears, we’re required to keep that distance away from everyone else. To cooperate with the dire regulation, here are some serious suggestions on the dangers and/or benefits:
The suggested list is mostly discordant screechy noise from the past several years. Samples include Dynamite. Sucker, Trippin’, Handclap, Bug-A-Boo, Shake It, Drive By and Scream & Shout. Yuk from those of we seniors who prefer soothing oldie sounds in this era of anger, stress and being home-imprisoned by the worldwide virus scare.
So many of we seniors are finding ourselves forced to stay home. Doctors, lawyers and presidents strongly recommend it. In some areas it’s the law, and seniors who wander outside may end up inside the local hoosegow!
Toilets (Navy calls them heads) on the two newest combat ships clog up too often. It requires the ships’ sewage systems to be cleaned frequently with specialized acids, costing about $400,000 per ship-wide flush.
The growing seriousness and death toll of worldwide problems today caused by coronavirus is a reminder. It happened to my family 102 years ago during World War I. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected 500 million people worldwide, and killed 20 million, including 675,000 Americans.
To prevent the spread of the worldwide illness, health officials recommend that we stay that safe distance away from each other. Of course, that’s easy to do in social gatherings, work, transportation and other daily and night time happenings.
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