Want to live to 120?


Otis Cliatt, 73, throws horeshoes at the Beardall Senior Center in Orlando, Florida, on August 26, 2013. Some people predict the average American will live to the age of 120 by the year 2050. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

A recent study carried out in the US has shown that most elderly people do not want an extended lifespan.

OTIS Cliatt is 73 and hopes to make it to 100. Ginger Hallowell is 81 and thinks 90 will be long enough on this earth.

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