{"id":145878,"date":"2025-10-26T08:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T08:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145878\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T08:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T08:01:11","slug":"95-year-old-man-starts-taylor-swift-fan-club-in-his-retirement-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145878\/","title":{"rendered":"95-Year-Old Man Starts Taylor Swift Fan Club In His Retirement Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you think of Taylor Swift fans, the image that comes to your mind is probably a bunch of screaming young girls decked out in sparkly merch. But it turns out that Swifties can be found in all demographics. A 95-year-old man in Omaha, Nebraska, proved this by starting his very own Taylor Swift fan club in his retirement home.<\/p>\n

The club had small beginnings but has grown to over 100 people. Frank Uryasz, its founder, is hoping the unique club will catch the attention of the popstar herself and maybe even earn them a visit. Uryasz sat down with Eddie Messel from local news station KETV<\/a> to talk about the club.<\/p>\n

The 95-year-old man started the Taylor Swift fan club because of one of the nurses at his retirement home.<\/p>\n

Uryasz resides at Omaha\u2019s Remington Heights Retirement Community. One of the nurses there expressed dismay that she had repeatedly written letters to Swift and never gotten a response. When he heard this, he jumped into action. \u201cThat\u2019s when she said, \u2018What am I going to do?\u2019 and I said, \u2018I know some people,\u2019\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

Uryasz has a collection of Taylor Swift merch and even has a custom decal on his walker, according to Messel. His sweet dedication has caught the attention of fellow fans across the country. One North Carolina Swiftie, Molly, sent the club friendship bracelets and cookies with a handwritten note. \u201cVery interesting that someone would go through that much trouble to make bracelets for us,\u201d Uryasz said, proudly sporting one of them on his wrist.<\/p>\n

He can\u2019t believe how quickly the club has grown. It\u2019s so large that they\u2019ve had to make membership a little bit harder to obtain. \u201cSomeone has to sponsor you if you\u2019re not a member of Remington,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Here’s How Much It Would Cost Taylor Swift Fans To Buy All Her ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ Merch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The ultimate goal of the fan club is to attract Swift\u2019s attention and get a visit from her.<\/p>\n

That would surely make the day of the nurse who inspired it! Messel asked Uryasz what he would say to Taylor Swift if she were watching their interview, and his answer was precious. \u201cI\u2019d say, please come and see us, we need you very much. And with his permission, I\u2019d give her a hug,\u201d he said, referring to Swift\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n

It may be a connection to Kelce\u2019s NFL team, the Kansas City Chiefs, that could actually make that visit happen. The club has put together a package for Swift that will be delivered to \u201cher circle\u201d in Kansas City, where she often attends Kelce\u2019s games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Uryasz happens to be a lifelong Chiefs fan and has also included letters to Kelce himself and Patrick Mahomes in the package. He added, \u201cIf things go right, I can\u2019t say anything but thank gosh.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED: People Who Make Hating Taylor Swift Their Whole Personality Usually Have These 11 Deeper Reasons<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Just because you\u2019re older doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t be a fan of something.<\/p>\n

Professor Lynn Zubernis, PhD<\/a>, noted that ageism is present in nearly all aspects of society, including fandoms. \u201cAdults are expected to \u2018grow out of it\u2019 and may feel like they have to \u2018grow up\u2019 and move away from things that bought them pleasure,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is unfortunate since many people passionate about something as a teenager may be surprised to find themselves still passionate about something \u2014 maybe even that same something \u2014 many decades later.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Zubernis said that being a fan as you age has many positive benefits, such as providing a sense of consistency in your life, giving you a community to be part of, and offering structure to the story of your life. \u201cPeople often describe the important aspects of their lives in terms of being part of a specific fandom,\u201d she pointed out.<\/p>\n

As a Swiftie myself, I\u2019m delighted to hear about Uryasz\u2019s enthusiasm for the singer. I can\u2019t imagine a future where I stop loving Taylor Swift, no matter how old I am. Seeing someone like Uryasz live his best Swiftie life at the age of 95 is something to smile about.<\/p>\n

RELATED: If You Actually Like Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018The Life Of A Showgirl\u2019 Album, It Says Something Really Important About You<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary-Faith Martinez is a writer with a bachelor\u2019s degree in English and Journalism who covers news, psychology, lifestyle, and human interest topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you think of Taylor Swift fans, the image that comes to your mind is probably a bunch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,59644,18,5321,117,2643,2650,43179,8634,19,17,2649,973],"class_list":{"0":"post-145878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-club","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-elderly","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-entertainment-and-news","14":"tag-entertainment-news","15":"tag-fan","16":"tag-fans","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-self","20":"tag-taylor-swift"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115439421785407010","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}