If you are 97 years and 85 days old today…
At your exact age, William Shurcliff died of pneumonia. He was a Manhattan Project physicist physicist who became an anti-weapons and pro-environmental activist.
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William Shurcliff wasn't the only notable who died at about this age:
You've outlived Gene Sarazen by almost two weeks. He was a golfer who invented the sand wedge. He died of pneumonia on May 13, 1999, when you were 85 years old.Comment
Frederick Franck was more than a month younger than you when he died of congestive heart failure on June 5, 2006. He was an artist and author who explored spirituality in his sculpture, painting and non-fiction books. You were 92 years old when he died.Comment
You've outlived Johnnie Carr by more than a month. She was a civil rights activist, bus boycotter and president of the Montgomery Improvement Association. She died of a stroke on February 22, 2008, when you were 94 years old.Comment
Huntington Hartford II was about 2 months younger than you when he died on May 19, 2008. He was an A. & P. grocery heir who spent his fortune on failed arts ventures and a Bahamian resort. You were 94 years old when he died.Comment
