If you are 40 years and 60 days old today…
At your exact age, Ray Combs died of suicide by hanging. He was a comedian and host of the game show "Family Feud" (1988-94).
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Ray Combs wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
At your exact age, John Lennon died of murder by gunshot. He was a singer, songwriter, peace activist, painter and one of the Beatles.Comment
Margaret Fuller was three days younger than you when she died on July 19, 1850. She was a 19th-century women's social reformer and feminist author. She died 122 years before you were born.Comment
You've outlived Vitas Gerulaitis by almost a week. He was a tennis player who won 24 singles and who, with Bobby Riggs, lost the 1985 Battle of the Sexes match. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning on September 18, 1994, when you were 22 years old.Comment
Juan Gris was almost two weeks younger than you when he died of uremia on May 11, 1927. He was a Cubist painter and sculptor who also designed sets and lectured on aesthetic theory. He died 45 years before you were born.Comment
