If you are 87 years and 257 days old today…
At your exact age, Sterling Allen Brown died. He was a folklorist and poet who taught for four decades at Howard University.
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Sterling Allen Brown wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Dick Bartell by two days. He was an excellent defensive shortstop, career .284 hitter, and a fan favorite. He died on August 4, 1995, when you were 72 years old.Comments (1)
Hirohito was almost a week younger than you when he died of intestinal cancer on January 7, 1989. He was the emperor of Japan who urged his country to surrender during World War II. You were 66 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Stephen Molton Babcock by almost a week. He was a chemist who in 1890 devised the Babcock test for measuring milk's butter-fat content. He died on July 1, 1931, when you were 8 years old.Comment
Baron Edgar Douglas Adrian was almost two weeks younger than you when he died on August 4, 1977. He was a British neurophysiologist who shared the 1932 Nobel Prize for studying nerve-impulse frequencies. You were 54 years old when he died.Comment
