If you are 89 years and 241 days old today…
At your exact age, Georges Claude died. He was a French chemist who invented the neon light.
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Georges Claude wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Barry Morse by almost a week. He was an actor who played the detective Lt. Philip Gerard on "The Fugitive" (1963 - 1967). He died on February 2, 2008, when you were 87 years old.Comment
Baron Carl Mannerheim was almost a week younger than you when he died on January 27, 1957. He was a Finnish commander-in-chief during World War II whose leadership helped Finland stay independent. You were 36 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Peg Bracken by almost a week. She was an author of "The I Hate to Cook Book," eight other books and a newspaper column. She died of pulmonary fibrosis on October 20, 2007, when you were 86 years old.Comment
Arthur Kornberg was almost a week younger than you when he died of respiratory failure on October 26, 2007. He was a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase. You were 86 years old when he died.Comment
