David Nelson RIP
It’s not just that David Nelson has died. It’s that he was the last surviving member of the original TV family foursome, his brother Ricky having died twenty-five years ago.
And that David was already 74. The Fifties are now officially ancient history.
one of the last of the band of brothers died as well…
and the last survivor of doolittles raid on japan died too
David was always the best looking of the family. Life sure appeared simpler then.
RIP:
But if memories were all I sang, I’d rather drive a truck. — Ricky Nelson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFugRFKqjFg
Mr. Frank,
Maybe people were just better able to sort out the really important from the junk we use to distract ourselves. Things were perhaps not easier but simpler.
expat,
Yep. The teenage suicide rate is now four times what it was in the Fifties. Lots has changed.