https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ACKx28g9JpU/ronald-d-lee RSS for Node Wed, 13 May 2026 02:52:07 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-09-17/the-life-expectancy-gap-grows-wider https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-09-17/the-life-expectancy-gap-grows-wider Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:00:03 GMT A Centenarian Birthday Celebration was held on Oct. 16, 2014, in honor of the individuals, ages 100 years or more, who live at Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson, Md. (Chiaki Kawajiri/Baltimore Sun/MCT via Getty Images)