The Wit and Wisdom of David Johnson: At Seventy-Years-Old

(When I turned 70, I decided to try and be profound and share what life had taught me.) FIRST, I never thought I’d live this long. We don’t have the “longevity” gene in our family, no one who lived into their 100s, maybe one or two into their 90s and a few into their 80s. Dad died when he was 56. I was 31 when he died, and at that time I thought he’d lived a pretty good life as far as length was concerned. But what did I know? 31 is nothing. And neither is 56.