Silver Lining to Terminal Cancer. ...student loans die with you. Trouble is some oldsters who took out loans are living way too long. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-borrowers-are-losing-social-security-benefits-over-old-student-loans-2016-12-20 I'm going in for my annual physical on Thurs. and if I receive the bad news I'm heading down to my college's financial aid office before I go home.