If you are 73 years and 300 days old today…
At your exact age, Bela Lugosi died of a heart attack. He was a character actor whose career was defined by his role in "Dracula" (1931).
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Bela Lugosi wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Melvin Schwartz by one day. He was a Professor, physicist and Nobel Prize-winner (1988) for discovering how to generate neutrinos. He died of Parkinson's disease and hepatitis C on August 28, 2006, when you were 69 years old.Comment
Albrecht Kossel was almost two weeks younger than you when he died on July 5, 1927. He was a biochemist whose early DNA studies won him the 1910 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. He died 10 years before you were born.Comment
You've outlived David Alter by almost two weeks. He was a prolific inventor and self-taught physicist who suggested that each element has a unique spectrum. He died on September 18, 1881, 56 years before you were born.Comment
Dorothy Parker was almost two weeks younger than you when she died of a heart attack on June 7, 1967. She was a writer and critic armed with an acid-tongued wit. You were 30 years old when she died.Comment
