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(#15) Nelson Mandela
- Dec. at 95 (1918-2013)
Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1993, serving one term in office. He was the first non-white head of state in South Africa's history, as well as the first to take office following the dismantling of apartheid and the introduction of multiracial democracy.
He was also the oldest head of state in South Africa's history, taking office at the age of 75.
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(#8) Dorothy Davenhill Hirsch Went to The North Pole, at Age 89
In 1980, Davenhill (a former soldier), along with her husband and daughters, began extensive world travels. In August 2004, at age 89, she reached the North Pole and was designated by by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person to reach the remote destination.
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(#6) Grandma Moses
- Dec. at 101 (1860-1961)
Grandma Moses, the spry, indomitable "genuine American primitive" who became one of the country's most famous painters turned out her first painting at the age of 76. She took up painting because arthritis had crippled her hands so that she no longer could embroider.
Later, her art was hanging at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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(#10) Noah Webster
- Dec. at 85 (1758-1843)
Noah Webster was a lexicographer and a language reformer. He is often called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education." It took 28 years to complete the dictionary, and he finally published it at the age of 70.
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(#19) Ray Kroc
- Dec. at 82 (1902-1984)
In 1954, salesman Ray Kroc found a small, but successful, restaurant run by brothers Dick and Mac McDonald, and pitched his idea of placing McDonald's locations all over the US. At age 52, he founded McDonald’s System Inc., a predecessor of the McDonald’s Corporation, and six years later, bought the exclusive rights to the McDonald’s name.
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(#5) Diana Nyad
- 69
In 2013, on her fifth attempt and at age 64, Diana Nyad became the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage. The journey was 110 miles long and took her 53 hours straight.
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Life is a century-long marathon. Halfway through fifty people, the other half of the journey may be a new beginning. As a naturalist, before Darwin published "Origin of Species", he had no achievements, he did not quickly become famous until he published this book at the age of 50. Compared with the tedious life near retirement, people after the age of 50 need to find a sense of presence and accomplishment in work within their ability.
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