Gray divorce can derail retirement

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Last week, 72-year-old “Golden Bachelor” star Gerry Turner announced that he and Theresa Nist, 70, are getting divorced — just three months after their TV wedding.

Depending on your level of faith in reality television, this news could be heartbreaking or yawn-inducing. Either way, it illustrates a growing trend: Americans are getting divorced later and later in life — and this poses a growing threat to retirement savings.

Nathan Place
National Reporter

Nathan Place is a national reporter at American Banker. A native of New York City, he has worked for more than a decade in both print and video journalism. He got his start in Beijing, where he … Read full bio


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