By Gregg WendorfAdvance News JournalThis growing older thing is becoming too much — almost every week I hear of someone from my younger days dropping dead.On top of that, I’m now at the age when people in their mid-40s sound young. I can remember when 40 sounded old. This year alone, 2023, from my youth, counting only the people older than me, I’ve seen the deaths of: Suzanne Somers, 77; Piper Laurie, 91; the linebacker who liked to crush people, Dick Butkus, 80; Brooks Robinson, 86; Jimmy Buffett, 76; musician Robbie Robertson, 80; Pee Wee Herman, 70; Treat Williams, 71;