“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away” ~ General Douglas MacArthur {There’s something immensely elegant about this crisp photo, shot on the streets of New Orleans in 1953. Here a lone gentleman and his cane stand between the shadows of a passing bus and the glow of an antique shop window. Yet, I also sense that this fellow, while certainly dressed dapperly, was a bit of a tough cookie, a little hard around the edges, the sort of real life character I very easily imagine the actor John...