Man, 84, finally gets to attend high school prom

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• Jun 9, 2008

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I thought this was worthy of a smile.

He arrived in style: a black limo, a sharp tuxedo, a beautiful date and with an adoring crowd waiting for him. Kenneth Smith, 84, attended the Chester High School prom on Thursday night — fashionably late. Decades late.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/06/06/national/a172301D20.DTL

 

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• Jun 9, 2008

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:clap: Good for him!

Wonder if he took a date?

 

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• Jun 10, 2008

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LOL, read the OP.

 

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• Jun 11, 2008

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Aww how sweet, It stinks there was no photo I would love to see him dressed up with his date.

 

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• Jun 12, 2008

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Good on him, the old motto, "Your never too old" applies here thats for sure.:clap:

 

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• Jun 12, 2008

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Autumn2004 said:

Aww how sweet, It stinks there was no photo I would love to see him dressed up with his date.

Click to expand...

I found an unstinky article with a small photograph of he and his date: http://cbs3.com/local/kenneth.smith.prom.2.740895.html

click the pic and it gets bigger.

better still, watch him on video being interviewed.

 

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• Jun 12, 2008

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I love stories like this! Very heartwarming

 

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• Jun 13, 2008

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I think this is awesome.

My son participates in a prom put on by a church in Lexington KY for the elderly and handicapped - those folks have a blast, and so do the volunteers.

 

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• Jun 19, 2008

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How sweet, ahhh Glad he was able to do this.