{"id":1532,"date":"2009-04-14T21:15:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T21:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/14\/who-have-you-outlived\/"},"modified":"2009-04-14T21:15:54","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T21:15:54","slug":"who-have-you-outlived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/14\/who-have-you-outlived\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Have You Outlived?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you seen the Dead At Your Age<\/a>\u00a0website yet? it’s\u00a0a website where you can\u00a0enter your date of birth and it will show you interesting people you have outlived. Here’s what it said about me below:<\/p>\n

You are 23 years and 307 days old today.<\/p>\n

At your exact age, Ian Curtis died of suicide by hanging. He was a lead singer of Joy Division.<\/p>\n

Ian Curtis wasn’t the only notable who died at about this age:<\/p>\n

You’ve outlived Karl Koch by two days. He was a West German computer hacker who sold information from US military computers to the KGB. He died of suicide by self-immolation on May 23, 1989, when you were 3 years old.<\/p>\n

Gavrilo Princip was more than a month younger than you when he died of tuberculosis on April 28, 1918. He was a Slavic nationalist who indirectly started WWI by assassinating Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. He died 68 years before you were born.<\/p>\n

You’ve outlived Bobby Fuller by more than a month. He was a rockabilly singer and guitarist who hit the top ten with his recording of “I Fought the Law” (1965). He died of asphyxiation from gasoline on July 18, 1966, 19 years before you were born.<\/p>\n

Judy Tyler was more than a month younger than you when she died in an auto accident on July 4, 1957. She was a stage and film actress who starred in “Jailhouse Rock” (1957). She died 28 years before you were born.<\/p>\n

Countdown: 6 days\u2026
\nIn 6 days, when you reach 23 years and 313 days of age, your lifespan will surpass that of a lightweight boxer knocked unconscious in a title bout against champion Ray (Boom Boom) Mancini.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you seen the Dead At Your Age\u00a0website yet? it’s\u00a0a website where you can\u00a0enter your date of birth and it will show you interesting people you have outlived. Here’s what it said about me below: You are 23 years and 307 days old today. At your exact age, Ian Curtis died of suicide by hanging. He was a lead singer<\/p>\n

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