I was told by a doctor that if one lives to a certain age, the chances of living five years more, is something, one can expect. Assuming they are in good health.

Dying young is a relative term. My uncle who passed at 99 was one of 11 children.

A brother passed at 99,
A sister passed at 102.
Another sister passed at 104.
Survived by a remaining sister who is 104.

I once asked him what happened to his other 6 siblings. He said, "they are died young", as they were in their 70's.

True story.

IT is not logic it is science, actuarial science. My post was in response to another poster who stated that because the current life expectancy is about 77, that Morse had not died relatively young. People die at all ages for a variety of reasons - actuarial science is simply based on probabilities given the known facts. RIP Gary, I didn't intend to get the thread off track.

I put my flag out today, It just seemed like the right thing to do....I am sure that the water on TORCH LAKE is not quite as blue today!!!!

Thank you Gary , for everything ...

The Great Fumar ....... JOHN LEHR

Thank you, Gary.

R.i.p.

I offer my condolences to Gary's family. As others have posted before, his vision and hard work created a community where many thousands can spend their golden years happy and fulfilled.

The life expectancy for someone who is 93 is 3 years. Would you say if that individual died at 94 that he had died young?

Thank you Sunnyatlast, for posting these 2 video interviews with the Morse family.
They are such wonderful, caring, joyful people, with a great purpose and sincerity.
It made me even more grateful for their hard work in building this great place for us to live through our retirement years.
I feel so lucky to be here!

My sympathy to the Morse family for our loss of Gary.

Does anyone know what he died from ?

It makes a difference?

He was the Walt Disney of my adult life….grateful to live in his world...

They don't want to make it public.

A private man to the end.

:agree:

Plans of a funeral service won't be made public either.

It would have been nice for the many, who would have liked to paid their respects, to this great man.

I like the tradition or culture, that has a funeral service where they are sad that someone has passed, but then party for several days in celebration of, "they are glad that he/she lived".

The current life expectancy of 77 years refers to a male person born in 2014, not one born in 1936. Mr. Morse, who I believe was born in 1936, had a life expectancy of 60.6 years at birth (Source: University of California, Berkeley statistics). So by living to age 77, he did pretty well over his lifespan. I never met the man, but I will forever be grateful for his vision and effectiveness as a manager. He created something special here.