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If you are 30 years and 89 days old today…

At your exact age, William Kemmler died of execution by electric chair. He was an ax murderer who was the first criminal to be electrocuted.
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William Kemmler wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:

At your exact age, Brandon De Wilde died in an auto accident. He was a stage and film actor nominated for an Academy Award for his role in "Shane" (1953).Comment

Sergei Yesenin was almost a week younger than you when he died of suicide by hanging on December 27, 1925. He was a popular lyrical poet who was briefly married to dancer Isadora Duncan. He died 55 years before you were born.Comment

You've outlived Nicole DeHuff by about 2 months. She was a film and television actress who played the sister in "Meet the Parents" (2000). She died of complications of pneumonia on February 16, 2005, when you were 24 years old.Comment

Patrick Bissell was about 2 months younger than you when he died on December 29, 1987. He was a dancer with the American Ballet Theater in New York. You were 7 years old when he died.Comment