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Died Young. What is the cut off age?


I consider 39 to be fairly young, but to say someone 39 died young doesn’t sound right.

I’m going to go with 35.

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Thirty-nine is definitely young to die.

But for alternatives, how about "died prematurely", or "died before his/her time"?

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How about "untimely death"? He passed away at age 96. It was a very timely death.

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🤣🤣🤣

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96? Well they were asking for it really, weren’t they?

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much higher today. 55

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If someone died in their 50s, I'd say fairly young. Anything below 50 is just young to me.

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60, Anything before that and you're looking for unnatural causes. Drugs..etc.

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Agree - below 60 and between 60 and 70 is premature.

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So 70 is “died young” ?

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No def not. Was saying between 60 and 70 is dying younger than expected for most people.

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No way, between 60 and 70 is the range most people die off.

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78.8 was the average life span in 2019.

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Untrue.

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Just looked it up. Why do you disagree?

https://www.google.com/search?q=average+life+expectancy+us&oq=average+life&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.6832j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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My comment was directed at ILJtheFirst.

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Sorry!

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No worries 😉

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81.16 in the UK.

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You guys are healthier than us!

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Is as in U.S.? They have universal healthcare. The poverty here brings down the average.

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Over 85 in both Japan and Hong Kong - Wow!

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Worldwide average is 71.

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That’s my view, pretty much. Marilyn Monroe was 36 or so and she is considered by many to have died young.

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Good answer. There's a difference between dying young and dying too young.

I can go with 40 as being young to die, but then I could also go with 41, 42, 43... Okay, maybe 45 then.

70-80 maybe too young, or a probably not from natural causes death, so then too young.

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59

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I'd say dying before 50 is pretty young in this day and age. I think of say, John Candy, as dying young.

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That number changes the older you get.

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😄 I suspect that's true. When I was 15, someone who was 25-30 was old. Over 30 was nearly ancient.

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It really does!

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