Gray Panthers' founder Maggie Kuhn noted, "Another wrong and cruel myth is that old age is sexless. I can tell you that it's not that way. Sex need not wither. In fact, it may take a whole new turn. Indeed, it ought to be flourishing right up to rigor mortis!"

Several weeks ago, someone unearthed -- and sent to me -- the notes from an interview I had conducted with Gray Panthers founder Maggie Kuhn back in 1978. As I re-read her prophecies, I was stunned both by her clarity of vision and the accuracy of her forecasts -- made nearly 35 years ago.

NEW YORK -- Jeanne Thompson began going gray at 23. She colored her hair for years as she worked her way into management at a large Boston-area financ...