` The Ballad of Jed Clampett '' from the 1960s TV sitcom `` The Beverly Hillbillies . '' ) Gene Seymour : Generation X soon to join baby Jesus in grousing about getting older . He says Diana Nyad 's feat proves baby boomers have second wind . He says each generation has late - in - life exemplars , such as Elmore Leonard . Seymour : Nyad likely not finished with us ; coming generations will follow her example .
Gene Seymour : Generation X soon to join baby Jesus in grousing about getting older . He says Diana Nyad 's feat proves baby boomers have second wind . He says each generation has late - in - life exemplars , such as Elmore Leonard . Seymour : Nyad likely not finished with us ; coming generations will follow her example .