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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.
Retirees are getting better at delaying gratification. The earliest Americans can claim Social Security retirement benefits is at age 62, but if they do, those benefits will be reduced as the recipients are not yet at full retirement age.