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Divorce rates double for graying Baby Boomers

By Paul Bedard
Published March 10, 2017 1:40pm ET
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Divorce rates double for graying Baby Boomers
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Divorce among the graying love generation is up, up and away.


The Pew Research Center said that divorce for those 50 and older, the Baby Boom generation that has long been beset by marital troubles, has doubled, especially among those in short marriages.

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