Memento Mori

[poliphilo]

When a famous person dies I nearly always make a point of comparing their age with mine. (David Frost was 12 years older than me.) It gives me an idea of where I stand.  

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've never had anyone that close to me die young. My grandfather died in his 40s (of a bungled operation) and my uncle in his 20s (killed in the war )but both were before my time.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

I've also lost 3 friends to murder... all young... but that doesn't count here.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

Also, one of my ex's brother died of brain cancer several years back, and we were exactly the same age.