They are the last living echoes of the 20th century’s brightest stages, and yet their presence feels urgently modern.
Elizabeth Waldo’s life work preserving indigenous music now reads like a blueprint for cultural survival. Karen Marsh Doll’s memories of The Wizard of
Oz and Gone with the Wind are no longer just anecdotes; they’re
living bridges to a Hollywood that exists only in dusty reels and fading posters. Ray Anthony, at 103, carries the pulse of the big-band era in every note,
proof that an entire musical world can survive inside one determined soul.
Around them, June Lockhart, Eva Marie Saint, Dick Van Dyke, Mel Brooks, William Shatner, Barbara Eden, Clint Eastwood, Sophia Loren, Michael Caine,
Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine, Al Pacino, and Jane Fonda turn age into a quiet rebellion. Their activism, performances, and public grace remind us that legacy isn’t what you leave behind—it’s
what you refuse to stop giving while you’re still here.
