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ATLANTIS, FL — Making it to 105 is a big deal – but according to Dr. Theodore Gerson's family, what's even more impressive is everything he's accomplished since calling Palm Beach County home back in the 1950s.

Our cameras were rolling as this local hero received quite the surprise: his loved ones decorated his entire front yard to celebrate this incredible milestone birthday.

"Happy 105th Theodore!" read the colorful signs adorning his property.

Inside his home, WPTV reporter Victor Jorges asked Gerson the question everyone wants answered: What's his secret to making it 105 years?

"I wish I knew,” he said. “I'd never dreamed that I would live this long."

But all jokes aside, Gerson did share his daily philosophy – the mindset that gets him out of bed each morning after doing so

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