Why do people accuse sharks in the ocean, of infesting their own home?
There is no such thing as 'Shark Infested Waters' .
Do you call the local shopping mall "Human Infested"?
People get a good many things all wrong.
The headline read:
Oldest U.S. Man Dies of Heart Failure at 112
This made me sad.
At 112 years old no one dies of heart 'failure'.
This man's heart suffered no such failure.
This man's heart served him and very many others the way the rest of us wish we could be served by our hearts.
One hundred and twelve years, every second of every day, this man's heart beat faithfully.
He lived four years in the 19th century, 100 years in the 20th century, and 8 years in the 21st century. His heart did not fail him.
He lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president. As a black man in the South, he knew Jim Crow-era segregation laws. Shortly before his death, he voted for Barack Obama and watched him win the election. His heart certainly did not fail him then.
George Francis was born on June 6, 1896 in New Orleans. He had been an amateur boxer, a chauffeur, an auto mechanic and a barber. He had one wife, until her death. He never married anyone else. He had four children, 18 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great grandchildren.
How can anyone say he died of heart failure?
His heart just finished and fell to sleep.
We should all be so fortunate.
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