If you are 85 years and 130 days old today…
At your exact age, Carl David Anderson died. He was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered anti-matter (the positron, 1932) and the muon (1936).
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Carl David Anderson wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived George Wackenhut by almost two weeks. He was a former FBI agent responsible for privatization in security and corrections. He died of heart failure on December 31, 2004, when you were 79 years old.Comment
Dame Agatha Christie was almost two weeks younger than you when she died on January 12, 1976. She was a British mystery author who created the characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. You were 50 years old when she died.Comment
You've outlived Grigori Romanov by almost two weeks. He was a Communist party region head, Politburo member and Gorbachev's chief rival for Soviet leadership. He died on June 3, 2008, when you were 83 years old.Comment
James M. Cain was almost two weeks younger than you when he died on October 27, 1977. He was an author of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934) and other hard-boiled classics. You were 52 years old when he died.Comment
