Couple married for more than 60 years die twenty minutes apart
"You couldn't ask for anything more beautiful," their son said.
Old age
Andrew Denton: I watched my father die an agonising death
The scarring memory of his father Kit’s brutal, agonising death prompted Andrew Denton to travel the world researching euthanasia. Now, he wants assisted dying to be legalised in Australia.
Adopted nurse tracks down birth mum and cares for her until death
She wasn’t the fairytale figure I had imagined, but she was still my mother.
Woman, 65, gives birth to quadruplets
A 65-year-old woman has delivered quadruplets, taking her total tally of children to 17.
Sincerely, Frances: a letter to restore your faith in humanity
This elderly woman's kindness will make your day.
The world’s oldest person, Misao Okawa, dies aged 117
The oldest person in the world, Misao Okawa, has died this morning, aged 117.
Do you have the guts? The women who go grey gracefully
Take a look at the women who are changing the face of grey.
TV STAR: I hid my grey hair to keep my job
After Juanita Phillips revealed she regularly bleaches her grey hair blonde to keep her job, colleagues and critics have rushed to celebrate her story.
Fears of elder abuse for To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee
The US state of Alabama has launched an investigation into the health of Harper Lee after suggestions she is being coerced into publishing her second book.
Sir Michael Gambon reveals why he is retiring
Sir Michael Gambon has retired from the stage because he can no longer remember his lines. He has described sending the curtain down on a stage career as heart breaking.