Get inspired by our real-life profiles of exceptional people, featured here.
An opera diva who chose building up her community over a luxury retirement ... a voiceover actor turned 9-11 rescuer ... a 95-year-old Texas rancher, still in love with the land and his sweetheart of 60 years.
These are just some of the inspiring people you'll meet in the stories below. If you know someone we should feature, be sure to tell us.
Strong Heart, Muscles, and Mind
100-year-old Frank Abercrombie defies all odds in the weight room.
Woman of Many Talents
Eleanor Briccetti is a concert violinist and an award-winning nature photographer. She's also a music teacher, scuba diver, pilot, and grandmother.
Not just a Clown
Wavy Gravy, the cosmogonal clown of the 1960s, is alive and well. Helping children, not being funny, is what gets him up in the mornings.
First Lady of Jazz
In the 1950s she broke through the man's world of jazz to become a star in her own right. As she turns 90, Marian McPartland is still making magic.
Portrait of an Artist
She grew up in a prestigious family, married a high-society businessman, and raised three sons. Now 87, Sally Pierone shows her stuff.
Telling Tales
You may have never heard John Keatts' name before, but chances are you've heard his voice. Here's how this master storyteller brings his city to life.
North Beach Poet
George Tsongas lives to write and writes to live. It's a simple formula
for a feisty, full-blooded 80-year-old poet, and it works.
Texas Twosome
“Hard work, I think, has been what’s kept all my family alive so long," reflects Luther Prunty, 95, a former POW who runs a ranch with Dorothy, his wife of 60 years.
A Positive Outlook is Her Wonder Drug
Strike up a conversation with Jane Lee, and you'll soon learn about her
passions: golf, gardening, and her
eight grandchildren. And oh yes, she has cancer.
Need Something to Do with Your Grandkids?
Former vault champ teams up with grandson to create a poignant bond.
Dynamic Duo
Tennis doubles partners Herb Delaney, 82, and Rita Price, 80+, have been dismantling opponents and winning trophies for seven years.
The Swimmer: Nothing Keeps Her Down
Vivian Stancil's friends used to call her Big Mama. Now she's 119 pounds lighter and credits her weight loss to swimming lessons, "a sound food plan," and a scare from her doctor.
The Diva Who Keeps on Going and Going…
At 82, Irene Dalis doesn't strut her stuff on the world's greatest opera stages, but her legendary passion and flamboyant personality are still very much in evidence.
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