100-year-old Briton keeps on working 'to avoid boredom'
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Britain's oldest worker has enjoyed a day off to celebrate his 100th birthday but explained he would become a &quot;miserable sod&quot; if he ever had to retire for good.
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Scientists have been preaching the benefits of mental exercise to seniors for years, but a new study may be the clincher that some people in their golden years have been waiting for.
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The average Briton moves 16 times in his lifetime and devotes about half a year of his life to changing residence, according to a survey published on Thursday.
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Peter Pan, the green-clad flying boy who did not want to grow up, has succeeded rather well at it for 100 years.
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The folk singer, now 67, continues to conquer many storms, with hard-won serenity maintained by rigorous self-discipline.
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Vera Drake, a middle-aged housecleaner in 1950s London, likes to hum a happy tune while she works. Unfailingly chipper in her frumpy dress and well-worn apron, she tackles each day&#39;s tasks with
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LINCOLN, Neb. - Paul Owen turned 90 this week, and he's still getting his kicks from judo. "I don't know what keeps me young," Owen said. Maybe it's the kids he teaches at John Roseberry's Sho-Rei-Shobu-Kan Martial Arts Center in Lincoln.
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A 102-year-old will become Britain's oldest emigrant this weekend when he leaves to start a new life with his wife in New Zealand.
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Ray Harryhausen, the renowned stop-motion animator who turned 87 in June, adds a bit of color to some of his work.
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"My terror is that we will reach old age abandoned"  As a police officer, Luigi Marzano was used to being in command. He still walks ramrod straight, but at 97 and deep into retirement, his memory is weakening and he has turned over command of his household to a virtual stranger half his age.Rita Duda, who left Ukraine in search of work, lays out caffe latte and cookies each day for Marzano's breakfast, shops for him, and, every afternoon after his nap accompanies him to a bench on the corner, which he shares with ladies and gentlemen in their 70s and 80s while their caretakers _ Ukrainians, Moldavians, Poles and Romanians _ catch up on gossip. Read more
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A man who mixed martinis for Marilyn  Monroe and poured Scotch for John Lennon was feted as New  York's oldest bartender when he turned 90 this week, and he  vowed to keep working.
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Late Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich continues to fascinate 100 years after his birth, the BBC's Lawrence Pollard reports.
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You're never too old to reap the benefits of a healthful lifestyle, according to researchers who found that doing things like exercising and not smoking at age 70 greatly raises one's chances of living to age 90.
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Simon Hoggart: It would be hard to think of anyone less needing eternal rest.
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An 111-year-old Japanese just named the world's oldest man said he owed his longevity to steering clear of alcohol.
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Britain's oldest serving parliamentarian, Lord Renton, dies at the age of 98.
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Many British people fail to relax at weekends, despite working some of the longest hours in Europe, researchers have said.