Regarding the last of these, it is something about which the members of Generation X are suddenly finding themselves uncomfortably aware, as the leading-edge Xers step into the Freedom 55 target demographic. So it is time to face some facts, Generation X. Dave Grohl turned 50 a few months ago. Generation X was uniquely preoccupied with the problem of authenticity and the fear of being caught between the frying pan of co-optation and the fire of selling out. When he died in 2012, of cancer at the age of 47, he was the first bona fide Generation X superstar to die of something approximating natural causes. As Generation X ages out into cultural obsolescence, it will be forced to confront the unavoidable reality that there are many more Luke Perrys to come.

Source: National Post May 03, 2019 15:45 UTC