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America's Most Powerful Octogenarians

Slate ranks the country's top old people

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 21, 2009 4:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – Retirement? Bah! Slate’s annual 80 for 80 list ranks America’s mightiest octogenarians, giving extra credit for post-80 achievements, and “being really, really old.” The top:

  1. Thomas Monson (82): As the head of the Mormon church, 13 million people think he’s
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