Candy Leonard

Candy Leonard

Candy Leonard is a sociologist, Beatles expert, wellness advocate, and author of Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World. She has spent years studying the effects of popular culture on identity, gender relations and family life, and is a qualitative research consultant to the healthcare and entertainment industries, with a focus on boomer issues. She currently resides in Cambridge, MA. See Beatleness.com for more information.

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Living

Holding On to the Wonder of the Summer of Love

Summer of Love

50 years ago, the grooviest wore flowers in their hair

JUNE 19, 2017 | By Candy Leonard

Living

Why We Still Mourn John Lennon

This worldwide icon is still on the minds of many, 37 years later

DECEMBER 8, 2016 | By Candy Leonard

Living

Beatles’ Shea Concert Foreshadowed Sixties Tumult

The Beatles at Shea Stadium 1965

A Beatles book author describes the show as a turning point

AUGUST 13, 2015 | By Candy Leonard

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Jonas Chaves, who died after contracting COVID-19 in a nursing home

Caregiving

A COVID-19 Nursing Home Death: My Uncle Jonas

His passing is emblematic of the COVID-19 tragedies in long-term care

Special Report

Four long-term survivors of HIV: Joseph Gaxiola, Stephanie Stuart, Sharon Bosley and Robert Toth

Still Here, Still Positive

A series on America's first generation aging with HIV/AIDS

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Group of older adults enjoying coffee at a coffee house.

In Good Company

We all feel lonely at times. But it doesn't have to be that way.