My dad planned to retire at 55. He died at 52, and it changed how I live.

• 02/04/2026, 8:36 AM
• businessinsider.com

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The image of my father that lives most clearly in my memory is this: a man in a suit, on a train platform, me, a child in my PJs, staring out the windows of our car as my mother picked him up.