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[gabstoomuch]

I suspected he was ill. I watched that 60 minutes tribute, what an impressive life.

It made me think of the question on here last week (or so) "do you feel like you reached your full potential".

Watching his life story, it made me feel "Now there is someone who fulfilled his life potential". He couldn't have done more reporting, or found another slice of the world he has not been to.

I did, however, suspect it was more of a memoriam, except Morley was alive. It just felt odd, it really felt like something was wrong. Maybe it was just me.

The timing of his death today made me think they wanted to show it while he was here. No one has said much about his death. Not a word about how he died. I found one small blip that said in recent years he had cut way back on being in his office, and was not on air much (which is why I feel like he has been ill).

Kudo's to him to keep doing what he loved until the very end. I do wonder though, how much time he sacrificed with his family over the years. In the piece, in the back and forth interview of him and Mike Wallace, he said he carried a lot of guilt for missing all the birthdays, holidays, family moments that he did because he was always gone.

[truffle]

The sad reality of it is if you want to work through your 80's you are not giving yourself enough downtime.  Yearly checkups or going to the doctor right away when something just doesn't feel quite right as well as being there for family is more important if you want to be an octogenarian (someone who is from 80 to 89 years old).  When a person is in their 90's I would think it's downhill from there....cognitive ability is gone and ability to get around also gone.  

[Lila Belle]

@truffle, I hope your life and mine is as influential, productive and meaningful as Mr. Safer's was

[DoneTryin]

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@truffle wrote:

The sad reality of it is if you want to work through your 80's you are not giving yourself enough downtime.  Yearly checkups or going to the doctor right away when something just doesn't feel quite right as well as being there for family is more important if you want to be an octogenarian (someone who is from 80 to 89 years old).  When a person is in their 90's I would think it's downhill from there....cognitive ability is gone and ability to get around also gone.  

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OOPS!  Somebody forgot to tell Betty White.  Age 94.  

[truffle]

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@DoneTryin wrote:

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@truffle wrote:

The sad reality of it is if you want to work through your 80's you are not giving yourself enough downtime.  Yearly checkups or going to the doctor right away when something just doesn't feel quite right as well as being there for family is more important if you want to be an octogenarian (someone who is from 80 to 89 years old).  When a person is in their 90's I would think it's downhill from there....cognitive ability is gone and ability to get around also gone.  

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OOPS!  Somebody forgot to tell Betty White.  Age 94.  

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Yes!  Betty White is quite the anomaly!  Hope she continues in good health for many more years!!

[qualitygal]

I know when my father passed, all I could think of was it's the end of the era for them. I feel Morley Safer was a part of that era. I'm sorry to see it end. Good job Morley, you will be missed.

One reporter yesterday said he was on Hospice. We didn't have this info, no reason we should.