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19 Sep 2009 22:55

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Offbeat: The most dramatic “grandpa tackles robber” video we’ll post tonight

  • Good God. Gramps is limber. He just came up from behind the guy and completely took him out. His secretary friend got in an impressively useless little kick towards the end of the video, but she does nothing to steal his thunder.source

11 Jul 2009 11:33

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Biz: You should probably refer to some media moguls as “Grandpa”

  • 86 age of Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone source

30 Apr 2009 21:23

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Offbeat: Now dead, he’s no longer the world’s oldest Benedictine monk

  • 108 age of Father Theodore Heck, who died Wednesday source

28 Feb 2009 20:41

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Culture: And that’s … the REST … of the story: Paul Harvey’s dead

  • 90 age of the freakin’-old-as-dirt radio broadcaster. He’s old. source

21 Feb 2009 12:34

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Offbeat: This doesn’t sound like a good idea, grandpa

  • 99 years old, the age of Chicago-area resident Max Fabian. He’s old. source