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The recent news that Bill Gates, 65, and Melinda Gates, 56, are divorcing after 27 years of marriage took much of the world by surprise. The power couple appeared to be the picture of marital stability and longevity, having raised three children while founding and leading the world’s largest nonprofit, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has distributed over $54 billion in grants since its inception.
While we don’t know all the reasons behind the Gates’ decision, it is clear they are not alone in separating after decades together.
The Journals of Gerontology found that more than 1 in 4 people getting divorced in the United States are over age 50, and over half of those divorces happen after 20 years of marriage. Pew Research data from 2017 found that the rate of divorce after age 50 nearly doubled from 1990 to 2015. And a study published in June 2020 the ....

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