{"id":43933,"date":"2015-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/43933\/a-lonely-old-man-making-friends-will-make-you-cry-then-smile"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:44:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:44:55","slug":"a-lonely-old-man-making-friends-will-make-you-cry-then-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/43933\/a-lonely-old-man-making-friends-will-make-you-cry-then-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lonely Old Man Making Friends Will Make You Cry Then Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>According to media site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Buzzfeed News<\/a>, a 95-year old man named Bill called a morning radio show to say that he was lonely and missed his wife who had recently moved into a retirement home. <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ak-hdl.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-10\/21\/12\/enhanced\/webdr15\/anigif_enhanced-19840-1445443469-19.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  Moved by his story and his solitude, the radio team then surprised him by ordering him a taxi and inviting him down to the radio station where he co-hosted the show for the morning. Bill received kind calls from listeners of the show and was described as a &#8220;sweet, sweet man&#8221; by the show&#8217;s producer. <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ak-hdl.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-10\/21\/11\/enhanced\/webdr02\/anigif_enhanced-12022-1445440742-21.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  Feel free to cry, weep, and then pick yourself up and do something kind! <\/p>\n<p>  You can listen to his initial call to the radio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/morenikeadebayo\/a-lonely-old-man-called-a-radio-station-so-they-invited-him?utm_term=.yenl6z6eX&#038;sub=4056928_7155793\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to media site Buzzfeed News, a 95-year old man named Bill called a morning radio show to say that he was lonely and missed his wife who had recently moved into a retirement 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