If you are 88 years and 55 days old today…
At your exact age, Arthur Galston died of congestive heart failure. He was a developer of a defoliant that became Agent Orange who campaigned against its use in Vietnam.
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Arthur Galston wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Omar Nelson Bradley by one day. He was an American general who participated in the Normandy invasion and directed Allied forces across France. He died on April 8, 1981, when you were 58 years old.Comment
Bo Yang was two days younger than you when he died of lung disease on April 29, 2008. He was a novelist, essayist, human rights activist and political prisoner under Chaing Kai-shek. You were 85 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Francis Crick by almost a week. He was a British physicist who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for discovering the double-helix structure of DNA. He died of colon cancer on July 28, 2004, when you were 82 years old.Comment
Fred Astaire was almost two weeks younger than you when he died of pneumonia on June 22, 1987. He was a legendary song-and-dance man who was paired most often with Ginger Rogers in movie musicals. You were 64 years old when he died.Comment
