If you are 64 years and 339 days old today…
At your exact age, Mary Gates died of cancer. She was a philanthropist and mother of software mogul Bill Gates.
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Mary Gates wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Alvan Graham Clark by almost a week. He was an astronomer who built some of the biggest and best U.S. telescopes and discovered 16 double stars. He died on June 9, 1897, 49 years before you were born.Comment
Edmar Mednis was almost two weeks younger than you when he died on February 13, 2002. He was a chess master who parlayed one defeat of Bobby Fisher into a book and monthly column. You were 56 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Anita Roddick by about two weeks. She was a wide-ranging activist who started the Body Shop to prove ethically run businesses can be successful. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 10, 2007, when you were 61 years old.Comment
Franklin Pierce was almost three weeks younger than you when he died of cirrhosis of the liver on October 8, 1869. He was an Army general and New England politician who became 14th U.S. president. He died 76 years before you were born.Comment
