As of today, Mr. Jagger has spent 28,490 days on this planet, a couple of hundred more than President Joe Biden. The President is only eight months older than the singer, but I think you will agree that he looks more elderly. Although the office of the presidency has a way of aging quickly those within it, Mick has always looked much, much younger than those of us who are about the same age as he is.
Proof of that is found in this cartoon from almost forty years ago. It was sent to me back then by a friend who was, by the way, at the LSE about the same time as Jagger. That was long ago when baseball hats were worn frontwards by baseball players and Fedoras or Homburgs were worn by those more mature. Even though in the early '80s we were all only in our late '30s, most of us had already begun to look more like the gentleman in the cartoon and less like Jagger. The cartoon has aged well, don't you think?
Man About the Same Age as Mick Jagger
The Stones are about to begin their NO FILTER tour and Mick will probably be glad to have a break from domestic life. His youngest child is only four and he has seven others. It is surprising that he hasn't aged more than has.
The Bonus:
I doubt if the Stones are touring because they are broke. One of Jagger's ex-lady friends was L'Wren Scott. She committed suicide in 2001 and left $9 million (US) to Mick.
The cartoon appeared in The New Yorker, Dec. 14, 1981.
Canadian Content:
In the same issue of the 1981 New Yorker, this advertisement appears.
Unfortunately, the Stones have decided not to play in Vancouver.
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