Although seven out of 10 early 50-somethings quizzed for the survey defined themselves as middle-aged, the average age at which the period of life was perceived to start was 54 years and 347 days old.

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She spent the rest of her life there, dying in 1337 aged 54.

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Venables served seven years of a life sentence for the 1993 murder before he was freed in June 2001, aged 18.

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Aged 18, Linda said it was the best day of her life as she had always wanted a baby brother.

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Venables served seven years of a life sentence for the 1993 murder before he was freed on licence in June 2001, aged 18.

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As life expectancy increases, so do the number of people with neurological disorders: today, about one in eight Americans aged 65 and over has Alzheimer's, and nearly half of the people aged 85 and older.

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Among women, those aged between 45 and 59 were the most likely to take their own life, at a rate of 7.3 per 100, 000.

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The beauty of this film is that unlike others involving middle-aged men, a mid-life crisis and a woman young enough to be his daughter, theirs is a purely platonic relationship.

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