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He's about to be 80, but F1 supremo says he can't stop working

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has vowed he will never retire.

Ecclestone turns 80 later this year, but has aid he will never stop work.

"I cannot stop," he said. "For me, to retire means to die.

"If I were to wake up in the morning and have no more problems or nothing more to worry about, then it will be no longer worth waking up."

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