Dead At Your Age
Living is fun. Ready to know who you’ve maintained better than? Simply put your age into Dead.atyourage.com and learn a little something about thems less fortunate than yourself. As for me? I’ve outlived Steve Biko by about two weeks. “He was an anti-apartheid martyr and founder of the South African Students Organization. He died of injuries sustained from being beaten by police on September 12, 1977, 1 year before you were born.” Hum, OK. I wonder who I will have outlived tomorrow. Anyway, give it a go and if you come up with anyone funner than Mr. Biko, let us know in the comments.
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March 25th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I’ve outlived Steve Prefontaine by a month. He was a record holding long distance runner and inspired the running craze in America. Ironically, he died in a car crash. I like that they have added more than simply celebrities to the database.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I outlived Smith Reynolds by over two months, and he was killed by a gunshot to the head. He was an heir to the RJ Reynolds tobacco fortune.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I outlived “Big L” by almost two weeks. He was a rap artist and originator of “horrorcore.” He died of murder by gunshots on February 15, 1999, when I was 14 years old. Too bad. Horrorcore sounds pretty ridiculous. I you tubed “horrocore” and this came up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcsG36uGwiI
WTF?? Scary rap?? Weird and hilarious.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
@sassyboots Big L was my favorite.
@Aaron, all I know about Prefontaine came from the movie, but I still like saying his name. PRE-fontaine. It has a good flow.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
You’ve outlived Raymond Radiguet by almost three weeks. He was a French novelist and lover of Jean Cocteau. He died of typhoid fever on December 12, 1923, 65 years before you were born.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
@jakehimself I really feel like I missed out on something special in horrorcore. I was too busy writing crap poetry and listening to The Cure, The Smiths, and, oddly, Boyz II Men to fully appreciate the magic that was Big L. I will make up for lost time though.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Not quite sure that L is best remembered for his contributions to horrorcore , but whatever – “The Heist” stands as one of my all-time favorite hip-hop tracks (and I’ve listened to thousands of ‘em). Ah, I miss that dude.
Anyway, once I broke through to age 34, I had beaten Chris Farley, John Belushi, and Jesus. It’s all good.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I outlived Sharon Tate by a week. She was a model, actress, wife of Roman Polanski and the most famous victim of the followers of Charles Manson. She died of murder by stabbing on August 8, 1969.
March 25th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I suppose it’s better than POST-fontaine. That guy is just a poser.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Weird, I didn’t get the name of someone I outlived…
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You are 34 years and 39 days old today.
That’s exactly half the life of somebody famous. In another 34 years and 39 days, you will have lived exactly as long as Francis William Aston. He was a Nobel Prize winner who invented the mass spectrograph to analyze atomic isotopes who died at the age of 68 years, 80 days.
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I got someone who outlived me…
March 25th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
My mistake, further down there was a list of people I HAD outlived, one of whom was Yuri Gagarin.
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Yuri Gagarin was three weeks younger than you when he died in an airplane accident on March 27, 1968. He was a Soviet cosmonaut and first person in space. He died 7 years before you were born.
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March 26th, 2009 at 12:46 am
I was born on the 13th of August 1991.
I’ve outlived Dylan Klebold by almost a week. He was a mass murderer involved in the killings at Columbine High School. He died of suicide by gunshot on April 20, 1999, when you were 7 years old.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Terry Fox was about 2 months younger than you when he died of cancer on June 28, 1981. He was an athlete and activist who ran across Canada on an artificial leg to raise money for cancer research. He died 5 years before you were born.
People like Terry make me proud to be Canadian
March 26th, 2009 at 5:35 am
You’ve outlived Thomas Chatterton by about two weeks. He was a poet and literary forger who claimed to have found the work of a fifteenth-century monk. He died of suicide by arsenic on August 24, 1770, 221 years before you were born.
died 221 years before i was even born geez think i win oldest death
March 26th, 2009 at 5:41 am
no wait i also got this guy 543 years before i was born wow and note im only 17 and he was a freaking king
You’ve outlived Ladislaus the Posthumous by almost three weeks. He was the King of Hungary and Bohemia (1440-57). He died of leukemia on November 23, 1457, 534 years before you were born
March 27th, 2009 at 12:28 am
You’ve outlived Dolly the Sheep by about seven years. She was the first cloned mammal in the world. She died by euthanasia for lung disease on February 14, 2003, when you were 7 years old.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:05 am
http://dead.atyourage.com/age/28/58 – this would be the pertinent information for someone who was born on January 28, 1981, namely me. Awesome. I’m not totally convinced that morbidity is fun, however.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:27 am
@Nello, agreed, morbidity isn’t fun. Being alive however is.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
You are 15 years and 250 days old today.
You’ve outlived Prince Arthur by about 2 months. He was an English prince, son of King Henry VII. He died on April 2, 1502, 492 years before you were born.
April 15th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I outlived Joan of Arc!
…That leaves me with a sense of unaccomplishment.
October 19th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Ok, I could care less about those I never heard of before, but what about those loser celebs who od….now come on, who wants to be outliving ALL of them(excluding ike turner)..hehee…