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    LZ Granderson: Who are you calling old? An expanding 'middle age' upends everything

    by LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times Mar 23, 2023 3 minutes
    People take part in a demonstration on the fifth day of nationwide rallies organized since the start of the year, against a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul, in Albi, France, on Feb. 16, 2023.

    I've been thinking about death lately. Turning 50 can do that to a person.

    I exercise regularly, drink water … all of that. But the reality is the life expectancy of a U.S. resident is 76, so most of my sand has run out. And I'm good with it — although that whole Cologuard at-home colon screening was weird.

    What really got me thinking about death is that when I was born, . Back then turning a half century probably felt a little more ominous.

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