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.

Yes very young at 60. My dad passed but he was 76. Sorry for all your losses.

I'm 60 now, and feel as fit as when I was a teenager. My dad died when he was 61, which is why I make the effort to stay as fit and healthy as possible.

Yes it’s young! My Nan died at 79 and I felt even that was too young

Your friend is being ridiculous. We heard that a person in our local community died at 66 the other day, it's far too young.
So sorry for your loss.

60 is too young to die. My parents are that age and age still working part time and very active. My fil is 70 and is fit and healthy (relatively). My dgm died last year at 79 and she still had all her faculties and it's been very difficult.

Far too young! I'm 42 and my mum died suddenly last year, she had just turned 67, if a friend had said she was old I'd certainly not call her a friend and feel it's a very insensitive and ignorant thing to say! I Ben more so as she's in her 40's

Sorry for your loss op.

60 isn't fairly or quite young to die Are those who are saying that teenagers?
It is far too young to die.

It depends where you live. In my city (UK), some areas have a male life expectancy of less than 60. It's due to social deprivation.

It is still way too young Thecurtain

I'm 60 this year - and I have another 7 years work til retirement, if it's old I want to retire now!

Yep, my dad died at 60...far too young. Never met my youngest dd and my oldest only just remembers him.

Absolutely –my mum died a week after her 60th birthday. She left behind three children who were all in their early twenties. She didn't get to retire, or see any of us get married, or become Grandma – she had decades left. Way, way too young.

It is too young, yes. But not abnormal in some areas.

My partner is 62 and we have 3 kids together , 3,8 and 11

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Sorry for your loss OP 60 is far too young. One of my Nans died at 62 and that in my eyes is far too young too. My Mum is 58 and unfortunately has terminal cancer so she hasn't got long left unfortunately.

I find it shocking that it isn't abnormal in parts of the UK

I'm 61 and enjoy good health, and hope to for many years.

It's die. Can't bear 'pass away'.

And of course it's young.

For some people 'pass away' is fine. 'Die' is fine for others. It doesn't matter.

My dad died at 53. I was 21 and whilst I knew it was quite young to die it didn’t seem that young. My friend lost her 57 year old husband last month and that seems devastating young. My dh is 72 and still young. We have a teenager. I thing it depends on your life experience.

It's die. Can't bear 'pass away'.

Does it matter? Whatever the semantics, the person is still dead and a person is still grieving.

I'd say 60 is young as life expectancy is in the 80s so younger than 80 is young to die. My Nan was 74 and I didn't even think that was particularly old

A quick search of people who are 60: Lorraine Kelly, Ruth Langsford, Nigella Lawson, Simon Cowell. Does your friend think she wouldn't be shocked if they died? I was really shocked and upset when Victoria Wood died in her (early?) 60s. That felt far, far too soon. Someone who is 60 has so much more life to live.

My partner died at 60.

It is young, but I've sadly already lost many people including my mother when she was 68, a friend who was 32, and another who was 45.

Mine is 87 and dh's 84.

It seems young to die but sixty years is a long time and not young in itself. My in-laws are mid 70's and I'm conscious that they could die. FIL father died when he was in his 80s I think but his mother when he was a child. I think MIL father was 60s ish but her mother was late 70's.

I wonder how much genetics play a part. Both my grandads died at 50 but their child are both still alive at late 60's.