Homeless at 97, Begging in LA

Homeless at 97, Begging in LA, The sign on the window of the old black Suburban says it all. "I am 97 years old. Homeless. Broke. Need help please." Bessie Mae Berger is 97 and homeless. She has outlived three husbands and all but two of her children and now spends her nights in a black Suburban SUV on the streets of Los Angeles. Bessie Mae Berger was born in 1912. The Los Angeles Times tells of her hard life: losing all but two of her children, either to death or to simply losing touch, and ...
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