Sixty-four-year-old Glory Rigsby felt her life was missing a meaningful achievement, so she decided to do something about it. Tonight , the Gulfport woman will don a cap and gown and walk across the stage at the Coast Coliseum to celebrate earning her GED.
84-year-old Dolores "Dolly" Jefferson was getting a cup of coffee, when she heard a "commotion" in her Illinois backyard. When she looked outside she saw a one-hundred-pound coyote nose to nose with her neighbor's small dog, Roxie
Jack Nicklaus sank a hole-in-one at Augusta Country Club during a Masters Par-3 tournament, and he even predicted it in a pre-match interview.
A Sarasota, Florida golfer, 103-year-old Gus Andreone, made history last month as the oldest person ever recorded to hit a hole-in-one.
This 92-year-old female pilot who flew in WWII feels young again, taking to the sky in an iconic Spitfire fighter plane for the 70th V-E Day.
At 87, Edna is the oldest EMT in Maine, a volunteer ambulance driver in Liberty, Maine, for 37 years. See her in action...
17 years ago, a retired couple in Utah started making handmade wooden toys for poor and sick children. The little cars and trucks were received so enthusiastically in the local hospital, a workshop was set up which has since delivered more than 1.1 million toys to kids around the world -- a place where volunteers come to laugh and give their time in an effort to make kids happy around the globe.
For 91 years, James Henry, a lifelong fisherman, did not know how to read and write and carried the shame of not being able to order from a menu. Now 98, the Mystic, Connecticut man has changed that and penned a memoir full of short stories from his life at sea.
Exercising in your 70's may stop your brain from shrinking and showing the signs of aging linked to dementia, say experts from Edinburgh University. But exercise did not have to be strenuous - going for a walk several times a week sufficed.
Through her online tutorials, and her role on UK television as the beauty expert for three years on the series ‘Ten Years Younger, make-up artist Lisa Eldridge has become an expert on how to do a really great look for ladies in their 50's, 60's and beyond. In a March 1 video posted on YouTube she demonstrates her techniques on a 64 year-old woman to achieve a modern, natural look.
126 years to the day since the copper lady was first unveiled in New York City's harbor, and after a year-long renovation, the Statue Of Liberty is set to receive visitors once again inside her crown. A Sunday ceremony marked the reopening of the statue's crown and new access to a lower observation deck for the first time to visitors with disabilities.
Scientists, once again, point to those who have an optimistic outlook on life as being the people who age best. Dr Stefanie Brassen, the new study's author, said that successful aging came down to "the positivity effect".
Snow brings out the child in this grandmother who wants to celebrate her 85th birthday making snow angels- she just needed help getting down there.
A black woman who has lived 106 years never thought she would be in the White House, and coming face to face with the Obamas caused her to break into a jig.
Doctors told her she has the heart a 40-year-old woman, but America's oldest teacher is as happy as a teenager. "Granny"-as she is called-turns 102 today.
This isn't just any elementary school - this is a school watched over by the kind retired veteran Grandpa Dale.
If you're ever self-conscious about hitting the gym, just remember these 5 seniors who weren't afraid to kick some butt, no matter how old they looked.
Living nearly a century, this lady never got to be an engineer, but one wish came true–and tugged at heart strings–a personal tour from the engineers at Google.
A 99-year-old Iowa woman, who sews a handmade dress every single day for small girls in Africa, reached her goal of 1,000 dresses yesterday.
Jonathan Mendes promised his children last year that he had run his last marathon– but he couldn't stay away.
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