# Who died when they were your age? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958 "2019-02-04T19:29:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/1 "2019-02-04T19:29:22Z")
I’m 73. [These people](https://www.who2.com/famous-people-died-at-age-73-years-old/), 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. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/2 "2019-02-04T21:14:05Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’m 73. [These people](https://www.who2.com/famous-people-died-at-age-73-years-old/), 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: > [@](#): > > “It’s people like that who make you realize how little you’ve accomplished. It’s a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.” (Lehrer was 37 at the time of this recording) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/3 "2019-02-04T21:17:29Z")
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\*\* ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/4 "2019-02-04T21:21:55Z")
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/](https://www.who2.com/celebrities-listed-by-age-of-death/) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/5 "2019-02-04T21:35:24Z")
**Carrie Fisher Anthony Bourdain** ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/6 "2019-02-04T21:35:41Z")
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 among[others](https://www.who2.com/famous-people-died-at-age-39-years-old/), 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 ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/7 "2019-02-04T23:41:45Z")
I overtake Elvis this year. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/8 "2019-02-04T23:47:14Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > 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 > among[others](https://www.who2.com/famous-people-died-at-age-39-years-old/), 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 Same. I was shocked both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King jr died in their 30s. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/9 "2019-02-04T23:54:08Z")
More relevant is family members. I’ve outlived my father and a couple of uncles now. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/10 "2019-02-04T23:54:11Z")
George Patton Carrie Fisher Teddy Roosevelt Benedict Arnold Calvin Coolidge The Shah of Iran Sandra Dee Hopefully not me mmm ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/11 "2019-02-04T23:55:31Z")
> [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](#): > > More relevant is family members. > I’ve outlived my father and a couple of uncles now. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/12 "2019-02-04T23:55:32Z")
> [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](#): > > …and a couple of uncles now. I need new glasses. I read that as “…and a couple of undies now”. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/13 "2019-02-05T00:03:30Z")
Wow, [I’ve got some great ones](https://www.who2.com/famous-people-died-at-age-46-years-old/), including JFK and Koko. That’s just humbling. I’m likely never to live up to the standards set by that gorilla. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/14 "2019-02-05T00:45:46Z")
George C. Scott William Tecumsah Sherman Johnny Cash Jackie Gleason Pavarotti Tennessee Williams Princess Margaret Art Blakey Robert Moog ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/15 "2019-02-05T01:02:00Z")
At 36, I’ve got Princess Di, General Custer, Bob Marley, Marilyn Monroe, Robespierre, Doc Holliday, and Claus von Stauffenberg. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/16 "2019-02-05T01:06:51Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/17 "2019-02-05T01:07:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/18 "2019-02-05T01:37:51Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/19 "2019-02-05T01:46:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958/20 "2019-02-05T02:01:22Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-died-when-they-were-your-age/828958.md?page=2)