Elderly

Black elderly thegrio.com

Biden’s State of the Union address to include ambitious overhaul of nursing home quality

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3 Black men caught on video…showing kindness and compassion

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Crime scene thegrio.com

Amazon employment scammers prey on elderly, hurl n-word

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Luther Yonger TheGrio

‘I ain’t nothing without my wife’: 98-year-old Luther Younger walks 12 miles round trip to visit hospitalized wife

The next time you’re complaining about being tired or overtaxed, consider the challenges of Luther Younger—a 98-year-old Upstate New York
/ August 19, 2018
Linda Daniels thegrio.com

Grandmother, who used an oxygen tank to breathe, dies after power company cuts the electricity from her Newark home

Linda Daniels died in her Newark home from congestive heart failure when the utility company cut her power,
/ July 9, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Oklahoma police pepper spray 84-year-old woman (WATCH)

An 84-year-old woman was pepper sprayed by police, and the incident was all caught on police body cameras. The incident
/ September 1, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Detroit retirees worry about possible pension cuts

DETROIT (AP) — K.D. Bullock had been retired from the Detroit Police Department for nearly 17 years and was working as a casino security supervisor when he encountered a problem last March —long accustomed to working on his feet…
/ July 23, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

African-Americans retiring earlier, with less savings

CNBC – A new study released Tuesday by Prudential finds African-Americans retire earlier than the general population on average, despite significantly lower retirement savings…
/ May 22, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Police: Teens ask elderly woman for ride, lock her in trunk

NBC Philadelphia – Five teenagers have been charged in the carjacking and abduction of an 89-year-old woman from Lincoln, Del.
/ April 9, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

106-year-old US woman to get school diploma

LUCAS, Ohio (AP) – Reba Williams said she completed high school in Ohio but was denied her diploma because she refused to read a final book assigned by a teacher. She’d read it once and didn’t want to read it again…
/ March 1, 2013