To think 60 is young to pass away

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Someone I know of recently passed away age 60. I was talking to a friend who also knows this person and said how sad it was that she passed away so young. My friend said 60 wasn’t young at all to pass away. In my view anyone under annoy 75/80 is young to pass away.

Your friend does sound a bit thick. 60 may not be young in general but it is young to pass away.

Is your friend like my toddler, who thinks that 35 is “really really old!”

If not, she is an idiot. Surely anyone with half a brain can understand that dying before retirement age is young to die?

Yes, 60 is young to die.

I saw a FB post about an 83 year old who died (not coronavirus) and someone had commented that it was 'too young' and I must admit I thought 'really?'.

I think when you are in your 20's, your 40's can appear old, not to mind your 60's.....but the older you grow that number shrinks back very quickly.

60 seems young to me because I play sport and know of so many seriously fit and energetic 60 year olds.

Sorry for your loss.

Yes - even 50 years ago, the retirement age for men was 65 which suggestions a longstanding expectation that most people will live beyond that age.

apart from people who die from illness 60 is young.

I knew a life long smoker and an alcoholic who both died at about 60 - I think that is fairly common(?). When you are 18 years old - 60 seems like ''near'' death!

Even a generation ago a good life was thought of as 'three score years and then' (so 70).

Very young

60 is young definitely.

Is she very young because I do think its an immature thing to think? I lost a young sibling but I still think 60 is very young to die.

@oliversmumsarmy that is a terribly sad outlook on life, isn't it? The things she's missed out on because of her own limitations she's put on herself based on her very small minded views.

I did a month long tour in India a couple of years ago, I was mid 30s, most people were around the same age - 20s and 30s and we had an older couple who were 67 and 74. They really knew how to live life! They were fitter and more adventurous than us younger ones and had travelled extensively since they retired. Life really is what you make of it.

My dad is 60 today. I can't imagine losing him, he's amazing. And he's far too young to die anytime soon. He's also my DS's only proper male role model and I'm very proud that he is.

60 is to young.My husband died when he was 52,I was 49.

Of course it's too young to die! I work with a lot of 20 to 30 somethings, and I reckon I could beat most of them in a race or any fitness test (I'm 55).
Is your friend a bit dense - one of those who things anyone over 30 shouldn't have kids, for example?

The calculation says I have till I am 87. But it doesn’t look at longevity of family. Of the female members I know of who have died, they have all reached 100+

Maybe 60 seems old to your friend ,if she is only in her 20s or early 30s say? It is very young to me ,So many cases of people living into their 80s and 90s .Still working age for most people!

Also I think this can be a lesson for all those people who put things off to their retirement .Do it now if you possibly can! My DS friend passed away a couple of weeks ago with Corona(Already ill in hospital)at 63 no age .due to retire !

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My friend and I had a falling out because I got pregnant at 38 and she we had taken leave of our senses.

As a couple although they were only about 1 year older than us they became so old almost over night.
The final nail in the coffin of our friendship came when Dp who had just got home from work rang our friend up to ask him a question about something.

It was Summer. It was still daylight.

Friend was incandescent that Dp had rang at such an ungodly hour. He kept repeating that it was 7.30 at night. That Dp should have been more aware about the time and not to wake people up.

They were early 40s at the time

Yes its young. My old work friend had a sudden heart attack and died at 59. So terribly sad.

It’s very young and you miss out on a lot. My FIL died in his 60s, he only saw 1 of his kids get married and never met any of his grandchildren. He missed out on his retirement with MIL and all the plans they had. It’s not as young as some people but it doesn’t make it any better of an age to die.

I’m sorry for your loss

Bereavment and loss is always difficult, but when you have lost someone close at 24, 60 sounds like a very good innings.

Does your friend come from a short-lived family or are they smokers? The only people I know who think 60 is old are those people who have lost all their relatives by their 50s-60s due to (mostly) smoking and obesity related causes. I think anything less than 89 (the most common age of death in the UK) is too early.

It’s all about context really. I think passing away at 60 is at the younger end but you should have had a decent amount of life by then. I don’t understand people’s hysteria when someone in their 80’s die. Old people die, it’s a fact of life.

60 is young to die.