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No, many people make their biggest impact in their older years and gain a huge number of people desiring to honor them.
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With peer attendance, sure, but if you live long enough that you'll have lots of generations of family attending.  Not to mention all the younger people's lives you impacted. >

Only if it’s a positive impact.