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Oldest Sun City Pom follows the yellow brick road

Sharon Word, 87, said she feels like the “Little Engine That Could” every day.

(Independent Newsmedia/Zev Black)

Sharon Word was born in 1939, the same year “The Wizard of Oz” was released. Throughout her life, the classic movie has been extremely important, particularly as a model for how unpredictable life can be.”

“She has had peaks like when she received the Ms. Senior America Honorary Award at the Ms. Senior America Pageant, and lows like when her daughter, Jodi, died in her sleep at 23.”

“It changed my whole perspective of what I thought in life,” Word said.

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