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At 100, Miriam Todd still works 50 hours a week at her furniture store in New Jersey. She shares her simple tips for a long life and why she won't retire.
He was also the oldest living man in the United States, following the death of then 111-year-old Antonio Pierro on February 8, 2007. Francis was from New Orleans , Louisiana, but after 1949 lived in Sacramento, California , where a local newspaper published a poem that Francis enjoyed reciting to friends and the public throughout his life. [ 65 ]
This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. [1]
Rachel Gillett – "Meet the 93-Year-Old Woman Who Still Works 5 Days a Week and Never Wants to Retire: Betty Reid Soskin is the oldest active ranger in the National Park Service", AOL Jobs, July 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-09
The number of older workers on the job is creeping higher. Roughly 1 in 5 Americans ages 65 and older (19%) were employed in 2023, four times the number in the mid-1980s.
Florence "SeeSee" Rigney says that after more than 70 years of working as a nurse, "you never stop learning."
Professor of social work [28] Paul Mwazha: M: October 25, 1918: 106 years, 102 days: Zimbabwean: Clergyman [29] Herbert I. Stern: M: December 24, 1918: 106 years, 42 days: American: World War II battalion commander, Holocaust liberator and oldest living West Point graduate [30] Gerd Göran F: January 5, 1919: 106 years, 30 days: Swedish: Artist ...
Roughly 1 in 5 Americans over 65 were employed in 2023, four times the number in the mid-80s. Employers are gradually recognizing the value of older workers and taking steps to retain them.