If you are 73 years and 222 days old today…
At your exact age, Billy Consolo died of a heart attack. He was a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Red Sox and coach of the Tigers who went pro at 18.
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Billy Consolo wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Johann Strauss Jr. by one day. He was a 19th-century Austrian composer considered the master of the waltz. He died on June 3, 1899, 38 years before you were born.Comment
Ronald Haines was two days younger than you when he died of cancer on March 21, 2008. He was an Episcopal bishop of Washington, DC who sparked debate when he ordained a lesbian priest. You were 71 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Sir Alexander Fleming by almost a week. He was a Nobel Prize-winning Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928. He died on March 11, 1955, when you were 18 years old.Comments (1)
Hans Christian Ørsted was about two weeks younger than you when he died on March 9, 1851. He was a Danish physicist who discovered the link between electricity and magnetism. He died 86 years before you were born.Comment
