I’m 73. These people, among others, died when they were my age:
Charles Darwin
James Brown
Yitzhak Rabin
Joan Crawford
Ray Charles
Federico Fellini
James Monroe
Cole Porter
Erwin Schrödinger (or did he?)
Makes me think how little I’ve accomplished in my 73 years.
Reminds me of Tom Lehrer’s famous quote:
People who died at my age:
**Robin Williams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Rembrant van Rijn
Donna Summer
Patrick Henry
Ulysses Grant
Guglielmo Marconi
Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Lee Marvin
Robert E, Lee
Audrey Hepburn
Alfred Nobel
John Banner**
Yeah I immediately though of the Lehrer quote too.
For me, apparently it’s Ludwig Wittgenstein, Carl Sagan, Thomas Nast, Martin Luther, John Maynard Keynes, Nostradamus, and Sonny Bono, among others. Ok, I didn’t start a new religion or fundamentally change the theory and practice of economics, but I got my grocery shopping done today.
This page will help you with this cheerfully inspirational research:
https://www.who2.com/celebrities-listed-by-age-of-death/
Carrie Fisher
Anthony Bourdain
Dylan Thomas
Dennis Wilson
Wild Bill Hickok
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Amelia Earhart ( Presumably)
Stonewall Jackson
Anna Nicole Smith
Malcolm X and
Frederic Chopin
amongothers, all lived to be my age… and no more. I have a birthday next month, I should come back* and post another list.
*Yes, when come back, will bring pie
I overtake Elvis this year.
Same. I was shocked both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King jr died in their 30s.
More relevant is family members.
I’ve outlived my father and a couple of uncles now.
George Patton
Carrie Fisher
Teddy Roosevelt
Benedict Arnold
Calvin Coolidge
The Shah of Iran
Sandra Dee
Hopefully not me
mmm
Do you guys have a genetic history of heart disease or something?
People thought John Candy died young because he smoked and was obese (which are bad, but don’t kill you until your 70s). But his father, grandfather and some uncles all died of heart disease in their 30s and 40s. If anything, he lived longer than a lot of them by living to 43.
I need new glasses. I read that as “…and a couple of undies now”.
mmm
Wow, I’ve got some great ones, including JFK and Koko. That’s just humbling. I’m likely never to live up to the standards set by that gorilla.
George C. Scott
William Tecumsah Sherman
Johnny Cash
Jackie Gleason
Pavarotti
Tennessee Williams
Princess Margaret
Art Blakey
Robert Moog
At 36, I’ve got Princess Di, General Custer, Bob Marley, Marilyn Monroe, Robespierre, Doc Holliday, and Claus von Stauffenberg.
Well, I knew about Lincoln, and Hitler too. But Beethoven? I thought he was way older than me when he died. Every picture of him shows this shock of white hair…
Steve Jobs too? Man, that guy will do anything to annoy me.
Looks like I’m the first who gets to do 47. Most notable:
Judy Garland
Horatio Nelson
Rodney King
Simón Bolívar
Alexander Hamilton
Jack Kerouac
At age 69:
Louis Armstrong
Richard Feynman
Saddam Hussein
Margot Kidder
Queen Elizbeth I
Zasu Pitts
Muammar Gaddafi
Johnny Unitas
Aldous Huxley
Patty Duke
Evil Knievel
James Whistler
David Bowie
I’m 51- notable people who purchased farms at 51:
Ethan Allen - Furniture guy
Roger Maris - Baseball player
Marcel Proust - Writer
Napoleon - Character in the first Bill and Ted movie
James Gandolfini - Not a gangster, but played one on TV.
Tookie Williams - Legit gangster co-founder of the Crips.
At 50…
Stieg Larsson
Isadora Duncan
Errol Flynn
Alan Ladd
Rod Serling
Gianni Versace
Steve McQueen
Michael Jackson
Just a few. There were more on the list.