 Young retired at age 65 to spend more time with his family.Sandler, who was 16 years younger, continued to perform, and the two occasionally reunited for concerts, the last one when Young was in his mid-80s in Palm Springs in an All Stars Concert ‘Let Freedom Ring’ in honour of the victims of 9/11.Young died August 22, 2008, at his home in Palm Springs, California, after a brief illness.