With Social Security suvivor benefits, does husband still collect wife's benefits after wife dies?

As an example, husband and wife, both age 75, both worked for 40 years and made Social Security contributions. Wife dies at age 75. Does her surviving spouse still continue to collect the wife's Social Security beneifts monthly and will he continue to collect her Social Security benefits until his date of death?

Asked by washerwoman 9 months ago Similar questions: Social Security suvivor benefits husband collect wife's wife dies Society > People.

Similar questions: Social Security suvivor benefits husband collect wife's wife dies.

Ok, I'm confused. How can the wife be collecting survivor benefits if her husband is still alive? Or, if it is her first husband, then no.

The second husband cannot collect benefits bexcasue her first husband died. Second husband is not a survivor.

Now, if you are talking about husband getting SSI after wife dies, he cannot get her benefits, but can, in some cases, apply and get his own. Here's some infor. moneyover55.about.com/od/socialsecurityb... htm.

Ok, I should have waited for the details. The answer to your questions is no. See the link I posted above.

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