She died six weeks later. Turek needed a new retirement plan at age 74. So he scrolled the classifieds and found a callout for someone to make tapes for exercise classes. Now, four days a week he plays his music arrangements for exercise groups in the area.
Older people are often at high risk for depression, especially with the loss of a loved one.
Turek, who will be 87 next month, never owned a music tape before he started creating exercise tapes. He never played an instrument either. I never was a musician. We had no radios growing up. I just needed something to do.