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Will You Live to Be 100, and What Safeguards Do You Need to Preserve Your Body and Mind?
Living beyond 70 or even 80 isn’t unusual these days, but there are reasons some people live longer, and you need to do a few things.
Are you prepared to live to be 100 or older, and if that should happen, are you planning for it? Some would say it’s a dream, and others see it as a financial or medical impossibility. But we have some control over ageing, and it’s not too late to start planning now. In fact, we have a little-known word for those between 90–99 now, and it’s nonagenarian.
Have you noticed how many famous entertainers in film and music are living over the age of 80? Here’s a short list of some of them:
Dick Van Dyke — 99
Tom Selleck -80
Willie Nelson — 91
Jane Fonda — 87
Deborah Harry — 80
Gene Hackman — 95
Mick Jagger — 81
Tom Jones — 84
Al Pacino — 84
Carol Burnett — 91
Jack Nicholson — 87
Eva Marie Saint — 100
Francis Ford Coppola — 85
