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If you are 64 years and 183 days old today…

At your exact age, William Bateson died. He was a scientist who coined the term "genetics" and offered support for Mendel's principles in 1909.
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William Bateson wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:

You've outlived Dizzy Dean by one day. He was a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher who won 30 games in 1934 and became a popular broadcaster. He died on July 17, 1974, when you were 28 years old.Comment

Coleman Hawkins was almost a week younger than you when he died of pneumonia on May 19, 1969. He was a trendsetting tenor saxophonist whose easy style evolved with the times. You were 23 years old when he died.Comment

You've outlived Sherwood Anderson by almost two weeks. He was a short-story writer whose "Winesburg, Ohio" is a major work of 20th-century American fiction. He died on March 8, 1941, 6 years before you were born.Comment

Phil Frank was almost two weeks younger than you when he died of a brain tumor on September 13, 2007. He was a cartoonist who created "Farley" and collaborated on "The Elderberries". You were 61 years old when he died.Comment