On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:01:35 -0400, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.robertstech.com/run/graphics/images/7d200713.jpg > Not a particularly remarkable photo, I admit, but that isn't the point. > Johnny Kelley won the Boston Marathon twice - in 1935 and 1945 - and > completed the race an amazing 61 times in all (including 18 top-ten > finishes). His last one was in 1992 at age 84. He served as Grand > Marshal at the marathon from that point on and spoke to the runners > before the race every year at the pre-race gathering area in Hopkinton, > MA. That's where I got this shot of him singing "Young at Heart" as he > did every year :) Check out this photo: He's 95 years old in this shot! > He died October 7 at age 97. Still a class act. >
Sometimes a photo doesn't have to be remarkable to have great meaning. Thanks for the photo, and the background on Mr. Kelley, Mark. Both were much appreciated. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
