If you are 69 years and 160 days old today…
At your exact age, Fitzhugh Lee died. He was a Confederate general and Virginia governor (1865-1868).
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Fitzhugh Lee wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
At your exact age, Robert H. Brooks died of natural causes. He was a food scientist and owner of Hooters restaurant chain.Comment
Michaela Odone was almost two weeks younger than you when she died of lung cancer on June 10, 2008. She was an an ALD patient's mother who helped devise a treatment and inspired the film "Lorenzo's Oil" (1992). You were 67 years old when she died.Comment
You've outlived Charles Henry Alston by almost two weeks. He was a teacher and artist whose paintings depict the African-American family experience. He died on April 27, 1977, when you were 36 years old.Comment
Howard Walter Florey was almost two weeks younger than you when he died on February 21, 1968. He was a Nobel Prize-winning Australian pathologist who helped purify penicillin for use as an antibiotic. You were 26 years old when he died.Comment
