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Hey ladies, are you ripening with age? Growing Bolder talks to Susan Swartz about her book, "The Juicy Tomatoes Guide to Ripe Living After 50," and finds out why she thinks battling ageism is just as important as battling sexism.

Susan Swartz is an author, journalist and feminist who is proving that life after 50 is juicy.

It's one of the most difficult feats in golf -- shooting your age. Leo Luken has done it 815 times (and that number goes up all the time!), starting from the ripe old age of 71. Now 92, Luken says he's driven from within.

After retiring at the ripe old age of 50, Pat Paciello realized he had a lot of living left. So, in between his four rounds of golf a week, he wrote a humorous book about the joys of aging and retirement.

What a comeback! He nearly died a few years ago from a serious bacterial infection. But even that couldn't keep him down. At 70, he came out of retirement and with no training, entered the ring against the best-of-the-best.

Born and bred in Manhattan, entertainer Elli Fordyce lives by the motto "it's never too late." That phrase is enough to pique GB's interest, and once we got to know what she's all about we knew we needed to share her spirit with you.