I would not recommend getting old. However, it does have some advantages ... like great memories.
Among my earliest memories of the NBA were the the Lakers vs. Milwaukee; and they are great memories.
I was a huge Lakers-fan, so I hated the Bucks.
Wilt Chamberlain vs. Kareem Abul-Jabbar; and Jerry West vs. Oscar Robertson.
Loved Wilt and Jerry ... hated Kareem and the Big O. Several years later, Wilt and Jerry are retired, and the Lakers trade every good young player on the team to Milwaukee for Kareem ... who, shockingly, becomes my favorite athlete of all-time.
Condolences are appropriate and given but this was truly a long, great and fulfilling life to be celebrated.