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Reductions to Benefits. 1  You can apply for Social Security survivor benefits as early as age 60. If you file between age 60 and your survivor full retirement age, you will receive somewhere between 71 - 99% of your deceased spouseâs basic benefit amount.
There is a little-known Social Security benefit that retirement-age workers can claim. The spousal benefit allows you to get half of your spouse's Social Security retirement benefit when you turn 66. You can collect the spousal benefit so long as you delay taking your own retirement benefit, which grows 8% a year until age 70.