- Harry Bernstein became a successful author at the age of 96.
- Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury, sat down to pen a twenty-volume encyclopaedia of English law when he was 90.
- The oldest male and female Oscar winners are Jessica Tandy, at the age of 80, and Christopher Plummer, aged 82.
- The oldest person to become Prime Minister was Lord Palmerston at the age of 71.
- Singer Dame Vera Lynn made British chart history by becoming the oldest living artist to reach the Top 20. At the age of 97, The Forces’ Sweetheart entered the UK’s Official Album Chart at number 13.
- The oldest woman to complete a marathon was Gladys Burrill from Hawaii, who was 92 years old.
- Retired Lt Col James C Warren became the world’s oldest person to receive his pilot’s licence at the age of 87.
- Bertha Wood, born in 1905, had her first book, Fresh Air and Fun: The Story of a Blackpool Holiday Camp published on her 100th birthday on 20th June 2005. The book is based on her memoirs, which she began writing at the age of 90.
- John Glenn made history when, at the age of 77, he became the oldest person to travel in space.
- Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes, became a best-selling author at 66.
- Actor Ronald Reagan became the 40th American President at the age of 70.
- Peter Roget invented the Thesaurus at age 73.
- In 1979, at age 69, Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.
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