"End Of The Line": Playlist for the Passing of the World's Oldest Man

Before he passed, Walter Breuning suggested that the rest of us relatively young ones embrace change, help one another, eat two meals a day, and that we not fear death since we have all been born to die.
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Life is funny. Until a few seconds ago, I never even heard of Walter Breuning, and now somehow I feel his absence among us. See as I just read here on Huffington Post, Mr. Breuning died today in Great Falls, Montana at age 114. Before he left us, the world's oldest man gave the Associated Press some of the soundest advice that I've ever heard. Walter -- which I call him because I now feel like I knew him -- suggested that the rest of us relatively young ones embrace change, help one another, eat two meals a day, and that we not fear death since we have all been born to die. Truth be told, I may stick with three -- or possibly four -- meals a day. Still, I want to thank this remarkable railroad man from Montana for sharing his well-earned and well-aged wisdom before he moved on to that next station at the end of the line.

END OF THE LINE - The Traveling Wilburys
OLD MAN - Neil Young
YOUNG AT HEART - Jimmy Durante
HELLO IN THERE - John Prine
OLD MAN DEATH - Ralph Stanley
FAREWELL MY FRIEND - Dennis Wilson
DEATH IS NOT THE END - Bob Dylan
THE AFTERLIFE - Paul Simon
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN - The Carter Family
LAST GOODBYE - Jeff Buckley
LIVE FOREVER - Oasis
I AM THINKING TONIGHT OF THE OLD FOLKS - Bill Monroe
HELP THE AGED - Pulp
OLD AND IN THE WAY - Hazel Dickens
OLD HABITS DIE HARD - Mick Jagger with Dave Stewart
TOUCH OF GREY - The Grateful Dead
TALKING OLD SOLDIERS - Elton John
GROW OLD WITH ME - John Lennon
THAT SILVER HAIRED OLD DADDY OF MINE - Gene Autry
THE SEPTEMBER OF MY YEARS - Frank Sinatra
WE'LL MEET AGAIN - Johnny Cash

Please respect your elders, and share your songs for Walter Breuning right here.

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