Beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca presents Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs. Eighty has been the new sixty for about twenty years now. In fact, there have always been late-in-life achievers, those who declined to go into decline just because they were eligible for social security. Journalist, humorist, history buff, and bestselling author of Mobituaries Mo Rocca introduces us to the people past and present who peaked when they could have been puttering. With passion and wonder Rocca recounts the stories of yesterday’s and today’s strongest finishers.

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Copies of Roctogenarians are available for purchase through the Mark Twain Store; proceeds benefit The Mark Twain House & Museum. Books will be shipped after the event. We regret that we are NOT able to ship books outside the United States as it is cost-prohibitive to do so.

About the Author:

Mo Rocca is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, host of the hit Mobituaries podcast, and host of The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation. He’s also a frequent panelist on NPR’s hit weekly quiz show Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! and host and creator of Cooking Channel’s My Grandmother’s Ravioli. Rocca is coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving and author of All the Presidents’ Pets: The Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over.

About the Moderator:

Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. Her work at The Hartford Courant - where she was a staff writer and columnist for 25 years - was recognized by numerous organizations. She’s also written for numerous publications and currently writes a weekly Sunday column for Hearst newspapers in Connecticut.

Virtual author programs are supported by Suzanne Hopgood in the memory of former MTH&M Trustee Frank Lord.