<![CDATA[RIP Alan Greenspan]]>Gift link to obit

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/us/alan-greenspan-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sVA.l5_I.5wMnfzu-UiJ7&smid=url-share

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/39779/rip-alan-greenspanRSS for NodeTue, 23 Jun 2026 21:48:55 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2026 16:44:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Alan Greenspan on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:21:59 GMT]]>He was born the same year as my dad. Had he not smoked I'm pretty sure he would have outlived Greenspan.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364658https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364658Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:21:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Alan Greenspan on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:15:28 GMT]]>He was 100 and they list the cause of death as complications of Parkinson’s. I wonder if they ever list a cause of death as “really old”. At 100, when you’ve beaten so many odds, seems like cause of death isn’t important, but maybe we need the statistics.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364657https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364657Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:15:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Alan Greenspan on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:17:30 GMT]]>This was very weird news for me to read today. Literally just yesterday, which turned out to be the day he died, I noticed his memoir on my shelf and thought to myself ‘I think he turns 100 this year’, having remember for some odd reason that he was born in 1926. I briefly considered posting about it here and also looking up what other well known figures from public life are or will be 100 this year.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364634https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364634Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:17:30 GMT