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Steve Lopez: Frisky is good; risky is not — the joys and hazards of sex and love in the titanium years

John Russo and Roz Walanka at The Nest, a longstanding Indian Wells hot spot.

The 71-year-old star of the "Golden Bachelor" TV spinoff premiering this fall says "it's never too late to fall in love again," and he wants to share the "sunset years of life" with a woman who is "high energy."

I might be able to help.

Lately, women of a certain age have been revealing intimate details of their lives to me. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since I've been chronicling the burdens and blessings of aging for the last eight months, and readers have stepped up to shatter stereotypes.

Cathy, a 71-year-old Inland Empire resident, certainly sounds high energy, although the Golden Bachelor will have to wait in line, because she's involved with an 81-year-old bon

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