If you are 50 years and 185 days old today…
At your exact age, Tobias Smollett died of an intestinal disorder. He was an editor, translator, critic and author of the picaresque "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" (1771).
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Tobias Smollett wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
At your exact age, Rod Serling died of a complications of open-heart surgery. He was a creator of TV's "The Twilight Zone" and other science-fiction shows and films.Comment
Johann Winckelmann was three days younger than you when he died by murder on June 8, 1768. He was an archaeologist and art historian who developed categories of style in art history. He died 192 years before you were born.Comment
You've outlived S.S. Van Dine by almost two weeks. He was a literary and art critic and author of the popular Philo Vance detective series. He died of a heart attack on April 11, 1939, 21 years before you were born.Comment
Sir Humphrey Davy was almost a month younger than you when he died on May 29, 1829. He was an English chemist who discovered sodium and potassium. He died 131 years before you were born.Comment
