# When the last one dies, who will speak----

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-last-one-dies-who-will-speak/190167>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 22, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-last-one-dies-who-will-speak/190167 "2003-07-22T16:06:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-last-one-dies-who-will-speak/190167/1 "2003-07-22T16:06:51Z")

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against repeating the same folly, the same madness?  
[http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAI1LJ5FID.html](http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAI1LJ5FID.html)

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-last-one-dies-who-will-speak/190167/2 "2003-07-23T23:31:12Z")

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it seems there are 34 others, for the moment. i hate seeing obit headlines that read “last survivor of …” dies. so much is lost.

this reminds us all that everyone has a story or a memory that is important and when you meet someone try to find the memory they have, and pass it on.