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23 March 2009

DeadAt YourAge.Com is a handy website that tells you about people who died at your exact age to the day. In my case: Dimebag Darrell. Yeesh.

post by: jonmc at: 21:50 | 31 comments

I've outlived Sam Cooke by three weeks. That makes me very sad.

posted by middleclasstool 23 March | 21:58

It seems James Doohan (Scotty from Star Trek) lived exactly twice as long as my current age. I take that as a good omen.

And apparently I was 11 when Elvis died.

posted by Pips 23 March | 21:59

Wow... I've outlived John Keates.

posted by jonathanstrange 23 March | 22:12

"You've outlived Joe Strummer by one day. He died of a heart attack on December 22, 2002, when you were 44 years old."

"Errol Flynn was almost two weeks younger than you when he died of a heart attack on October 14, 1959."

Ironically, whenever I hospitalized for some heart related event, the nurses always say, "We don't often see people in here as young as you." I want to say, "Because people my age usually die from a heart attack."

posted by Ardiril 23 March | 22:13

btw, nice find, jon.

posted by Ardiril 23 March | 22:13

I've outlived Antoine de St. Exupery (who wrote "The Little Prince") by almost two weeks.

That does it, I'm cancelling the "let's fly old-timey airplanes across the desert" jaunt I'd planned for this weekend.

posted by BoringPostcards 23 March | 22:26

I'm half as old as Carl Sagan when he died.

"You've outlived Lisa Lopes by about 2 months. She was a singer with Grammy Award-winning hip-hop trio TLC".

and John Harvard (by 3 months)

umm, not quite what I expected.

posted by special-k 23 March | 22:28

That's awesome.
At your exact age, Robert Capa died of injuries sustained in battle. He was a photojournalist known for graphic images of Spanish Civil War and World War II.
Also:
You've outlived Ray Sharkey by almost a week. He was an actor who won a Golden Globe for his role in "The Idolmaker" (1981). He died of AIDS on June 11, 1993, when you were 24 years old.
How heartwarming.
.

posted by chococat 23 March | 22:34

My son turns 16 on May 1 and has outlived King Edward VI of England and Anne Frank by 2 months.

posted by Ardiril 23 March | 22:38

omg. I've outlived Grace Kelly by about 2 months. Sad, but I'm not sure why. Am I sad for her or me or ??

Anyway, still a cool post. Thanks Jon.

posted by marsha56 23 March | 22:40

Ho ho ho, Antoine Watteau!

I always wondered if I'd outlive that rococo bastard.

posted by Hugh Janus 23 March | 22:41

"You've outlived Charles VIII by two days. He was a Dauphin of France (1470-83) and King of France (1483-98). He died of injuries from accidental blow to head on April 7, 1498, 484 years before you were born."

Sad story. I'm telling everyone to back off with the noogies from now on.

posted by rmless2 23 March | 22:54

Ardiril, I guess we're pretty close:

"At your exact age, Errol Flynn died of a heart attack. He was a dashing hero of such golden-era films as "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938)."

posted by trinity8-director 23 March | 22:54

I have outlived singers and pilots. Not sure what that means.

posted by gomichild 23 March | 22:55

Adrianne Shelly. Whoah.

posted by rainbaby 23 March | 23:13

I have outlived Jam Master J, who was murdered on the streets of Jamaica, Queens, and Ethel Rosenberg, who died at the electric chair for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets.

This is just weird.

Nice find, Jon!

posted by jason's_planet 23 March | 23:14

Dimebag Darrell was quite famous locally here in Fort Worth. I knew several people who (claimed to have) played with him at various times. He was apparently a very unpretentious dude.

posted by Doohickie 24 March | 00:30

On Thursday I reach the age that Lurch on the Adams Family died.

:(

What a depressing, yet enthralling, website.

posted by Doohickie 24 March | 00:32

I am exactly half the age of Queen Catherine, King Charles II's queen consort. That's... not so exciting.

posted by gaspode 24 March | 06:05

I've outlived Dorothy Dandridge over here.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 24 March | 08:41

ha ha, i stumped it.

posted by eatdonuts 24 March | 08:58

Ferdinand VI of Spain by almost a week. He was the king of Spain (1746-59) who suffered from depression and was patron of the castrato singer Farinelli.

I too suffer from depression and am patron of not one but TWO castrato singers who happen also to be dogs. My life takes on new meaning!

posted by mygothlaundry 24 March | 09:01

I've managed to outlive Hank Williams and Christopher Marlowe.

Kinda feel like I've wasted my life...

posted by kellydamnit 24 March | 09:25

You are 36 years and 196 days old today.

You've outlived Graham Bond by almost a week. He was an innovative R&B keyboardist and founder of the Graham Bond Organisation. He died of suicide by jumping in front of a train on May 8, 1974, when you were 1 year old.

Also, Phil Lynott was two months younger than me when he died.

posted by LoriFLA 24 March | 09:29

Congratulations!
You've lived 14,491 days

You've outlived General Emiliano Zapata by two days. He was a leader of the Mexican Revolution and of the Zapatista faction. He died by assassination on April 10, 1919, 51 years before you were born.

Combined with,

You've outlived Frédéric Chopin by about two weeks. He was a Polish-French composer of Romantic masterpieces for the solo piano. He died on October 17, 1849, 120 years before you were born.

So, yeah, I need to get busy.

This post somehow strikes me as eponysterical. ;) Thanks jon!

posted by geekyguy 24 March | 09:42

If I make it 7 more days, I will have outlived Malcolm X.

posted by Melismata 24 March | 09:45

You are 42 years and 99 days old today.

An appropriately obscure personage:

You've outlived Andreas Hofer by almost two weeks. He was a Tyrolean innkeeper who led the rebellion against Napoleon's invading forces. He died of execution by firing squad on February 20, 1810, 157 years before you were born.

And:

Albert DeSalvo was about two weeks younger than you when he died by murder in prison on November 25, 1973. He was a convicted rapist believed to be The Boston Strangler although he was not convicted for those murders. You were 6 years old when he died.

Wow, after clicking the browse link, I've noticed that a lot of people died violently at my age. *goes back to bed for a year*

posted by deborah 24 March | 12:19

Apparently, I haven't outlived anyone very interesting. So far.

posted by taz 24 March | 13:02

My woman has outlived Tadeusz Borowski. Interesting in that I read his excellent concentration camp memoir, "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen".

How did he die? Suicide by gas, in his Warsaw apartment, 1951.

posted by Meatbomb 24 March | 13:25

Do you get it? The struggle to survive in Auschwitz was all set up, and the death was the punchline. A life doesn't usually have such tight comedic clarity, so good on him I say. Two cookies!

posted by Meatbomb 24 March | 13:38

The Aristocrats!

posted by geekyguy 24 March | 14:26

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