If you are 72 years and 85 days old today…
At your exact age, Christiaan Eijkman died. He was a Nobel prize-winning Dutch physician whose experiments led to the concept of vitamins.
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Christiaan Eijkman wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Carl Zeiss by two days. He was a German developer of microscope and camera lenses. He died on December 3, 1888, 50 years before you were born.Comment
John Malcolm was almost a week younger than you when he died on June 13, 2008. He was the early Fringe Festival producer, actor and director who helped found Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre. You were 69 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Fred Haines by about two weeks. He was a screenwriter and director who adapted Joyce's "Ulysses" for film. He died of lung cancer on May 4, 2008, when you were 69 years old.Comment
Gail Borden Jr. was almost a month younger than you when he died on January 11, 1874. He was a U.S. inventor who patented evaporated milk and concentrated fruit juices. He died 65 years before you were born.Comment
