How old was your dad when he died?

65 same age as my mum.

72, too young, bastard bowel cancer.
DM went on to 97, but had Alzheimer’s for about the last 15 years. 🙁

My dad was 96. He was 'ready to go ' at about 90. Deaf and tired of life but mum kept him going mainly because she was terrified of losing him. When he did die, mum was severely ill for a few months (lost the use of her hands!) but then she rallied and lived another 6 years pretty happily until she died at 100 years old!

My dad is still alive and healthy at 80. FIL died in January of advanced dementia, he was 79 but had early onset Alzheimer’s and was bedbound in a nursing home. In the end he died of pneumonia, which they decided not to treat with antibiotics.

Dad 62.. Mum 62. Both heart related and very fast.
Im 67..
But they smoked. I don't.
If l live until im 80 in reasonable health both mind and body.. I'll be happy.
My Sister passed away last year age 71.
I do have 3 other sisters age 62... 72 and 74.

Mine's 92 with no serious health conditions. Looks older in recent years but still walks every day and is cognitively as sharp as ever. He's always been health conscious and active and I am the same. It can't prevent everything but it certainly helps. All my grandparents lived to over 80 and one to mid 90s.

62, 80 seems a more than reasonable innings to me.
My Gran got to 98 but the last 15 years weren’t up to much, mostly chair/bed bound in a home.

Age 70, he’d been diagnosed with bowel cancer at 65 but it had spread. He actually died from hospital acquired pneumonia after having chemo.

71, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. A bastard disease.

DH's was 79, dropped dead with a heart attack, having refused for five years to go to the Dr.

Father died over the course of a year; FIL was instant and unexpected. There is no good way.

Mother is 89 and was as fit as a fiddle until she was 86.5 and needed a TAVI due to heart valve stenosis. She has become frail swiftly and is now being referred for suspected Parkinsons. It's awful to see her shake and tremble.

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My Dad was 82; my Mum 92. Both had long, happy and fulfilled lives. We were very lucky.

Exactly the same as my darling dad. Because age hadn’t withered him in the slightest, we did fully expect him to live, if not forever, to at least 100. Sadly, a minor procedure in hospital resulted in him getting a hospital acquired infection that killed him.

Weren’t we lucky though, to have had them so long?

76 so I strongly recommend spending as much time with him from now as you can if yours is 81. You can tell when the heart starts to fail (bluer lips, swollen legs, etc) and it’s only about 5 years max left from then.

96 and I have absolutely no idea how his liver lasted that long. He may have kept in good health because he didn’t spend his time concerned about anyone but himself.
He smoked until his 80.

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Cardiac arrest

Nearly 88 but I think 80 is a good age for a man. His dad was 87 too and his mum 90.

Early eighties for women is a very common age if you look at gravestones. Mum was 85 and didn't drink or smoke...her mum was about 83 but drank and smoked quite a lot. Her dad was 64 but smoked 100 cigarettes a day (boasted that he'd cut down to 60 when he was ill) so he did pretty well.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/articles/lifeexpectancycalculator/2019-06-07

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His dad was 53 💔

Lifetime life expectancy is lower because the average is brought down by the deaths of young men. Once you have actually made it to 80, the life expectancy for an 80 year old is above 80.

So many sad stories of dads lost young on this thread

My Dad died at 80 after 2 years of dementia. His own dad died of cardiac arrest at 50, so Dad always felt he was very lucky to live to old age.

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36, brief illness

65 of a heart attack. He had no retirement. Mum died very young when I was small.

64 - He had pancreatic cancer, lived for a few years after initial diagnosis so was actually one of the 'lucky' ones. 80+ seems old to me! But then again I have a grandmother who is in her 90s!

My oh mum died last Xmas at 61 my aunt at 66. Grandparents 73 and 74. I think if they get to 80 that's a very good age to be honest. I imagine it's very painful losing a parent at any age but losing them young is particularly cruel l as you would feel robbed of time. My parents are now 70 dads having dementia tests I do realise they've probably only got a few years left realistically. It's quite a scary thought.

My dad had lung cancer at died at 79. He had a full and happy life. Even in his illness. We were very privileged to have the last year of life to be with him. My grandad is 98 and still going but last 2 years has needed full time care. And to be honest just wants to die now.