If you are 61 years and 153 days old today…
At your exact age, Teleki died of suicide by gunshot. He was an important geographer, leader of the Scouting movement and controversial prime minister of Hungary.
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Teleki wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Arthur Lee by almost a week. He was a singer and guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Love, one of the first interracial rock bands. He died of leukemia on August 3, 2006, when you were 57 years old.Comment
Sir Benjamin Thompson was almost a week younger than you when he died on August 21, 1814. He was an American-born physicist who redefined heat and founded the British Royal Institution. He died 135 years before you were born.Comment
You've outlived Sonny Okosun by almost two weeks. He was a singer, songwriter and evangelist whose popular songs were anti-Apartheid and pan-Africanist. He died of colon cancer on May 24, 2008, when you were 59 years old.Comment
Jim Irwin was almost two weeks younger than you when he died of a heart attack on August 8, 1991. He was a NASA astronaut who walked on the moon. You were 42 years old when he died.Comment
