If you are 79 years and 121 days old today…
At your exact age, Gerald Tsai Jr. died of multiple organ failure. He was a pioneering mutual fund manager and the first Chinese American to run a Dow Jones industrials company.
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Gerald Tsai Jr. wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived P.W. Bridgman by one day. He was a Nobel prize-winning U.S. physicist whose studies led to the creation of synthetic diamonds. He died on August 20, 1961, when you were 30 years old.Comment
Alex Grasshoff was almost a week younger than you when he died of complications of bypass surgery on a leg on April 5, 2008. He was an Emmy and Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker who lost his Oscar over a technicality. You were 76 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Jack Nash by almost two weeks. He was an investment banker, hedge fund pioneer and chairman of Oppenheimer & Company. He died on July 30, 2008, when you were 77 years old.Comment
Daniel Edward Barbay was almost two weeks younger than you when he died on April 11, 1969. He was an American World War II admiral who developed amphibious equipment and tactics. You were 37 years old when he died.Comment
