If you are 47 years and 183 days old today…
At your exact age, Joseph Goebbels died of suicide by cyanide and gunshot. He was a Nazi propaganda minister (1933-45) and Chancellor of Germany for a day after Hitler's suicide.
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Joseph Goebbels wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Alexander Hamilton by two days. He was a lawyer, political theorist, politician, a U.S. Founding Father and first Secretary of the Treasury. He died of injuries sustained in a duel on July 12, 1804, 159 years before you were born.Comment
Dave Freeman was almost a week younger than you when he died of head injuries from a fall in his home on August 17, 2008. He was an ad executive who wrote "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a particularly adventurous travel guide. You were 45 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Samuel Colt by almost two weeks. He was a U.S. firearms manufacturer who made the revolver the Old West weapon of choice. He died on January 10, 1862, 102 years before you were born.Comment
Robert Dunlop was almost two weeks younger than you when he died of chest injuries from a motorcycle accident on May 15, 2008. He was a motorcycle racer who was the top in road racing on closed public roads. You were 45 years old when he died.Comment
