To ask what age you would say is no longer dying young

No he doesn't. 😂 He has a stunt double. Like the vast majority of film actors. A 73 year old isn't doing all that!

I absolutely agree. It’s the difference between „too young“ and „young“.

I have a grey area 80-85 admittedly. Not unexpected or too young but I wouldn’t go as far as saying expected if in good health.

79 is mean average (so all those who really did die young bring that down). Median and modal averages are higher than that.

Mean 79
Median 82,3
Modal 86.7

In the UK (2018-2020 data) for males

80 plus. My dad died at 67. Far too young 💔

I work in assisted living we have 95 year olds still very independent

My mum is 76 and if she died tomorrow I would personally be really shocked.

I think this is a strange thread particularly as the OP has asked the question and not returned to it

50 might not be young - but it's too young to die in my view. I'm only 6 years younger than my grandpa was when he died of cancer - he was 61. My gran outlived him by 25 years

I’ve had relatives live well into their 90s and it’s still been a shock when they died - I think when they’ve been around so long you expect them to go on forever! And while I agree it’s not tragic in the sense of a younger person dying suddenly, of which I also unfortunately have experience, every bereavement has felt like a personal tragedy. I don’t think you can ever be truly prepared for losing a close family member😢 however I suppose we are all shaped by our life experiences and I’m aware I might be projecting.

It’s also interesting that average life expectancy in Ireland is slightly longer than the UK, I would have expected it to be the same but it’s 84.5 for women and 81.3 for men.

Of course. I lost my uncle in his 40s and I lost a friend from work at 32. He died of a brain disorder and his brother died of the same thing a year later. Awful

I was 9 when my grandpa died and at that age you think someone is old - but he wasn't really

Anything below 80 would feel comparatively young to me and it’s definitely younger than expected.

But 80 (or even 50) isn’t „young“. Dying young would mean below 40 (or maybe 45, although that’s dying middle-aged) to me personally.

edit: I would describe dying at 45 (50, 55, 75 etc…) as dying too young and unexpectedly young. But it’s still not an age I’d consider to be young.

50plus

I agree with you that 61 is far too young, that must have been tragic for your gran.

I guess we are all thinking of our personal experiences when we answer this question. I was thinking of people I know who died in their 30s or 40s, they seemed like relatively young people still.

But I agree that losing a loved one in their 60s is tragic. It's tragic at any age but in their 60s is cruel and unfair.

Hmm 75+. Early 70s I probably wouldn't say they were gone too soon but it feels too close to 60s (which feels scarily young) to comfortably say they lived a good, long life!

I think it all depends my mum died 62 and that was horrific. My dad 78 that was ok .my mum I had a great relationship with .my dad ..I didn't even grieve I was like ok then more shit to sort .

80

At 75+ I hope I have a another 25 years of healthy living.

I definitely think my grandpa who died of bowel cancer at 61 died far too young - particularly as my gran lived until 86. It was really hard for her. She was 55 when he died.

I believe a death at under 75 is officially counted as a premature death. Though what we as individuals might consider premature is another matter.

I'm surprised that so many people think of anything under 80 as dying young when the average lifespan of men in England is only 79 years. It's even lower than that in Scotland, 76 years.

When I hear of people passing under 60 I feel the shock of "oh so young!".
60-75 I think of as a shame and that they've been cheated out of too much time, but I wouldn't think of it as dying young.

My gran died of a massive stroke completely out of the blue at 86. While it wasn't too young to die it was still a horrible shock

My family have lost a few people young. My grans brothers both died young. One in a car crash. My uncle died in his 40s

My grandpa died of bowel cancer when he was 61. Diagnosed and dead in 6 months

I'm only five years younger than he was when he died so I think that was definitely too young - and tragic. Because now he would probably have been screened and saved

UK life expectancy is 79 male and 83 female so anything under 70 id consider young.

I'm 53 and I'd not be too keen on being here longer than 30 yrs

I think 75 and under is seen as early death but agree with others, 80 I think

80

My DDad is 80 this year and still fit and active. It would be a shock if he died soon despite his age.

A friend of my parents turns 100 tomorrow.