retired

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Liquori, who is 65 and lives in North Haven, Conn., retired from a career raising funds for a religious order and considers himself a devout Catholic, he said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He later retired to Ashford in the UK, where he died in 2007.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Hay Fever is one of Coward's most enduring comedies, and follows the self-centred Bliss family - retired actress Judith, her novelist husband David, and their children Sorel and Simon.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

He could have retired in 2020, but as he wrote in a Facebook post in 2023, “I’m having too much fun.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

She was a fine soul, and he’s—well, he’s a retired lawyer.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen