Allen Stross of Berkeley started working at age 13. He’s been a delivery boy, a sign painter, a Navy sailor and a photographer for the Detroit Free Press. Now, at age 90, he and his wife live on about $21,000 a year. After they pay for rent and medications, they’re left with just $416 a month.

“No restaurants. No movies. No new clothes. We look for a lot of freebies,” he said. “But I try not to worry about things I can’t control, such as the past or the future. My wife’s a Buddhist. That helps.”

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