If you are 79 years and 63 days old today…
At your exact age, William Harvey died. He was an English physician who explained blood circulation and the heart's role as a pump.
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William Harvey wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Lord Louis Mountbatten by one day. He was a British World War II admiral, military strategist and political advisor who was killed by the IRA. He died of assassination by bomb on August 27, 1979, when you were 48 years old.Comment
Charles Atlas was almost two weeks younger than you when he died on December 24, 1972. He was a one-time "98-pound weakling" who transformed himself into a champion bodybuilder and entrepreneur. You were 41 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Ella Fitzgerald by almost two weeks. She was an influential and beloved jazz vocalist fluent in swing and bebop with unsurpassed range and clarity. She died of complications of diabetes on June 15, 1996, when you were 64 years old.Comment
Admiral Mary J. Nielubowicz was about two weeks younger than you when she died of cardiopulmonary arrest on March 24, 2008. She was a director of the Navy Nurse Corps and the sixth woman to achieve the rank of admiral in the U.S. Navy. You were 76 years old when she died.Comment
