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LZ Granderson

LZ Granderson: Who are you calling old? An expanding 'middle age' upends everything

I've been thinking about death lately. Turning 50 can do that to a person.

I exercise regularly, drink water … all of that. But the reality is the life expectancy of a U.S. resident is 76, so most of my sand has run out. And I'm good with it — although that whole Cologuard at-home colon screening was weird.

What really got me thinking about death is that when I was born, life expectancy for an American man was around 67. Back then turning a half century probably felt a little more ominous. But a funny thing happened on my way to a midlife crisis: The location changed.

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