After the loss of roger ebert today and

[applegrove]

a personal loss I am in the middle of because a family member is sick, I am doubly reminded of how delicate health can be, especially as you age. We need our heroes to be healthy. List the name of one of your ageing hero right here and wish them good health.

I hope that Michael Moore keeps on walking every day.

[W_HAMILTON]

1. Rachel Maddow.

[JI7]

3. i don't think she fits the OP description

[W_HAMILTON]

5. Ohhhh, I didn't see the "ageing" part.

Well, we're all aging I guess, so I still wish her good health

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Well, she just turned 40 this week...

[Electric Monk]

2. Noam Chomsky

He's not done yet

[JI7]

4. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

[liberal_at_heart]

6. Nelson Mandella. I hope he continues to get better and returns to full health.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

7. K&R Senator Bernie Sanders

I wish him well and I am so very thankful.
Edited to add, I hope he stays well and in the Senate for a very long time-We need him more now, than ever...

first comment says it well: "Bernie Sanders is my American hero. He understands and can be trusted to have the backs of the American people."

Oh and thanks to Ed, Too!

[Summer Hathaway]

8. I wish Jimmy Carter good health

and many more years to enjoy it.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. He's my choice too, a great American who is still making a difference!

[Summer Hathaway]

12. That he is!

[Rhiannon12866]

14. He's been my avatar since we've had them on DU

And he received my first vote. If you've never seen "Man From Plains," it's a great documentary, followed him on his book tour for "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," which was misunderstood by those who never read it. His attitude is amazing. He'll talk to anyone, friend or foe, and he has remarkable energy, stamina and courage.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0913958/

[Summer Hathaway]

15. Thanks for the link!

[Rhiannon12866]

16. You're more than welcome!

I've always admired him, but watching that even impressed me! I always felt that history would be very kind to him, am grateful to finally seeing it happen. His Peace Prize was decades too long in coming (1978 Camp David Accords) and "Argo" casts a new light on the Iranian hostage crisis.

[Fridays Child]

9. Bill Clinton

An amazing individual and a true national treasure, IMHO

[Summer Hathaway]

13. Funny ...

My first thought was Clinton - but then I remembered the OP saying "aging" - so I discounted Bill as a choice, because I still don't think of him as "aging".

In fact, of course, he is. But he's one of those men who seems to defy his age, rather than define it.

[Fridays Child]

18. I know what you mean.

He's such a positive force that it's easy to think of him as unchanged, in some ways, since 1992.

[Summer Hathaway]

19. I watch

"The War Room" from time to time. And I see him as he was then - and I still totally connect that person with who he is now, who he has always been.

Yes, I think "unchanged" is the word - unchanged in all of the important ways, despite the passage of time in our lives, or in his.

A truly remarkable man.

[calimary]

17. Definitely Michael Moore.

We need him around for a LONG time!

Both Bill AND Hillary Clinton.

And yes - Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

[jollyreaper2112]

20. Moore

He's the bigger worry. I don't know how well the walking's going but he's at the weight where you ask "how many old people do you see as big as you?" I was about as bad myself. It's not a good place to be.

Everyone dies but it's better to die old than young.

[applegrove]

21. I really hope Obama has successfully quit smoking.

[CTyankee]

22. I'm worried a bit about Hillary Clinton, mostly because of her recent illness and also

in the sense that she could be struck down before having her shot at being the first woman president of the United States. I would like to live to see that day and I wish her well whatever she decides to do.

[deutsey]

23. Salud, Bernie Sanders n/t