Where are all the old people?

Have you noticed or even cared about the fact that many ww2 vets are dying out? Old people who probably are full of fascinating stories? People who were around when Django Rheinhardt was in his prime are becoming voices our generation dismisses. Instead we are hanging on every word of some idiot on AM radio or MTV about news that has no effect on anything. Music has shifted from talent and complexity to image and attitude. In North America we are one of the only societies that doesn't value our elders. Instead we recycle used up ideas from the 8o's and 90's . I'm sick of the arrogant attitude of most young people today who think the only things that are worth anything are exclusively made in their generation! What's wrong with this picture?
And what the heck is happening to oldies stations??!! now its hits of the 60's, 70's and 80's! what about the 50's?!! If I liked 80's I would listen to an 80's and 90's station. What makes them oldies is that they are old. U2 is not old. Elton John is not old. Billy Joel is not old. If you're going to change anything add some classics from the 40's. People don't want the freshest wine they can get, or the newest antiques, they want them aged. What is going to happen when all of the old men who are wearing baggy slacks and oversized short sleeved button-up collard shirts die out and the only old people are the flashy 80's rejects who look like they are straight outta Vegas? I don't want to be around to see that, I want to meet some real classy old folks with a sense of humor who worked hard and lived respectable God-fearing lives. Not a bunch of aging people who have no sense of history or original thought.