After the housing market crashed, Robert Rudolph, 53, left his formerly prosperous career as a mortgage broker to pursue his first love: choir music. (AARP) View

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Hundreds of uninsured show up for a weekend of free dental care at the Colorado Dental Association's "Mission of Mercy." (AARP) View

A local Colorado historical society rescues a small town's beloved century-old weekly publication on the brink of closure. (AARP) View

Dorothy Dale Kloss, of the Fabulous Palm Spring Follies, holds the Guinness record for being the world's oldest performing showgirl. (AARP) View

Forced to leave school to work when he was 6, Alferd Williams, now 70, is back in the classroom -- learning to read with first-graders. (AARP) View

From all walks of life, Florida retirees have more fun playing ice hockey than you can shake a shtick at. (AARP) View

Yep, the King of Rock 'n' Roll is alive and well ... and spends his days entertaining in nursing homes. (AARP) View

Kristy Rose Follmar uses punching bags to improve patients' confidence and combat the progression of this debilitating disease. (AARP) View

When Henry Elliot's cancer treatments stopped being effective, the quality of his final days improved dramatically with the help of hospice care. (AARP) View

Retired Navy officer Rick Koca founded Stand Up for Kids to help homeless teens. In the process of changing their lives, he reinvented his own. (AARP) View

Retirement didn't suit him, so 71-year old Francisco Cardoza went back to work as a cheerful pharmacy greeter and interpreter. Customers are glad he did. (AARP) View