Geriatric Glory: Historic Figures Who Did Amazing Things In Their Old Age

Image caption: Benjamin Franklin was a babe magnet, well into his old age. New York Post photo composite. Article by Khalid Elhassan. History Collection – December 19, 2023.

Old age might slow us down, but it need not be a barrier to great accomplishments. Take the woman who spent her work-life as a confectioner, then became a literary icon in her nineties. Or the French infantryman who served for ninety years, and died still a soldier at age 108. […]

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