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If you are 86 years and 84 days old today…

At your exact age, Samuel Fuller died of natural causes. He was an American film director who often made low-budget independent films.
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Samuel Fuller wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:

You've outlived Man Ray by one day. He was a photographer who created images without a camera. He died on November 18, 1976, when you were 52 years old.Comment

E.B. White was two days younger than you when he died on October 1, 1985. He was a writer known for his famed style manual and for children's books such as "Charlotte's Web" (1952). You were 61 years old when he died.Comment

You've outlived Fr. Robert Drinan by almost two weeks. He was a Jesuit priest, law professor and the first congressman to call for Nixon's impeachment. He died of pneumonia and congestive heart failure on January 28, 2007, when you were 82 years old.Comment

Harold Delos Babcock was almost two weeks younger than you when he died on April 8, 1968. He was an astronomer who collaborated with his son to measure the sun's magnetic fields. You were 43 years old when he died.Comment