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Lynn Ruth Miller

I'm a Standup Comic

Almost five years ago, when I was 70 years old, I became a standup comic. Most comedy springs from anger, and it is ageism that infuriates me. I stand before my audience proof that old can be a lot of fun.
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Jeanne Safer

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Your Parent Just Died?

Your life may get better. That’s the shocking premise of Jeanne Safer's new book, Death Benefits: How Losing a Parent Can Change an Adult Child’s Life—For the Better.
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Death Benefits

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Death Benefits

Parents die much later in their children’s lives than ever before, so most adults now have the opportunity to discover and to cultivate death benefits—if only they know where to look and how to go about it. More>>

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