After decades of rising life expectancy, the increases appear to be slowing. A new study calls into question how long even the healthiest of populations can live.

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All were Democrats, with an average age of 75. Cold political musings about the failing health or cognitive troubles of elected officials can feel heartless, if not aggressively ageist.

78 years old is the average age of death across the U.S. In four rural Kentucky counties, that number drops to 69. Public health experts say it’s an issue that can’t be overlooked.

Her story is a powerful antidote to the "Tudor myth"–a longstanding view of sixteenth-century England as a political and social golden age, ruled by the divinely-appointed Tudors.