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"I'm just noticing my fingers are getting a little harder to keep moving a lot”: 95-year-old Las Vegas pianist announces that it’s finally time for him to retire

For his last few birthdays, pianist Don Friend has been getting more candles on his cake than he has keys on his keyboard, but at 95, the veteran Las Vegas performer has confirmed that it's time to call it a day.

Yep, that’s right: if you were impressed by the fact that the likes of Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney are still touring into their 80s, consider the case of Friend, who played his first gig in Vegas way back in 1953.

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