If you are 87 years and 315 days old today…
At your exact age, Oakley Hall died of cancer and renal failure. He was an author best known for his Old West novels, such as "Warlock" which depicts the O.K. Corral gunfight.
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Oakley Hall wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Lucretia Mott by almost a week. She was a Quaker minister who co-founded the U.S. women's rights movement. She died on November 11, 1880, 42 years before you were born.Comment
Lee De Forest was almost two weeks younger than you when he died on June 30, 1961. He was a U.S. physicist who made live radio broadcasts possible by inventing the Audion vacuum tube. You were 38 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Will Eisner by almost two weeks. He was a father of non-superhero comic book art and author of the first graphic novel. He died of heart failure on January 3, 2005, when you were 82 years old.Comment
Cool Papa Bell was three weeks younger than you when he died on March 7, 1991. He was a Negro League legend known for his blazing speed; joined baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. You were 68 years old when he died.Comment
