Yesterday one of my favorite countrymen,
Bill Deedes died. I think he had a pretty amazing life -- fought in a World War, served in parliament under Churchill, edited the Daily Telegraph, continued writing fkn good stuff until he died aged 94. You know that for at least the last 70 years of this guys life he was almost constantly involved in something interested and important and oftentimes new and exciting to him.
Who can you think of that fits this bracket? The less well known, the more interested I am in hearing about them (obviously any U.S President is going to by definition have a pretty interesting life)
Edit, another kickass life is that of
Robert McNamara who is the subject of the documentary Fog of War.