Money Matters: Happy 114th birthday? Plan now for retirement

... that Talley retired at age 65, she has spent nearly 50 years in retirement. In contrast, when the Social Security retirement age of 65 was enacted in 1935 (when Talley was just 33 years old), the average mortality age for a man was 64 - meaning half ...

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