[Steve_Seattle]

"Keith Richards is going to be mighty lonely."

Somebody once said that if we had a nuclear war, the only things that would survive would be Keith Richards and cockroaches.

As for the others, some are still fairly active, and - amazingly - might last into their 90s. McCartney in particular seems in pretty good shape. And I think even Jerry Lee Lewis is still alive.

Ironically one band that had a pretty clean image - the Dave Clark 5 - has already lost at least three members: lead singer/keyboardist Mike Smith, sax player Denny Peyton, and bassist Rick Huxley. Clark himself will probably live to be 100.

My heroes, The Animals, have lost two - bassist Chas Chandler and their second keyboard player, Dave Roweberry. Eric Burdon will probably also last till he's at least 90. He's the classic "survivor" type.

[Inyo-Mono]

As for the others, some are still fairly active, and - amazingly - might last into their 90s. McCartney in particular seems in pretty good shape.

He sure seems to be. I saw The Beatles live in 1966 when I was 16 and they had two opening acts then came out and played for maybe 45 minutes.

In June my 32 year-old son and my daughter, 28, took me to see McCartney at Petco Park in San Diego. The stands were full, about 40,000 people and Paul and his band come on stage and did an almost 3 1/2 hour show, without a break. No opening act. My kids thought it was the best concert they'd ever seen. Lot of grey hairs like me there, but most of the audience looked to be in their 40s.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Mike Smith died as the end result of falling off a ladder, making it even more sad.