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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.
You can start receiving Social Security benefits at age 62 but, here's the catch: you'll collect less benefits at age 62 than if you wait until the full retirement age that ranges between 66 (for those born between 1943 and 1954) and 67 (for those born 1960 and later).