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

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Although hard still I feel from 80 onwards it’s expected

80, both my parents were in there 80s and in reasonable health, but their deaths weren't unexpected

My answer gets higher the older I become. My DF, my grandparents, three aunts and two uncles all died between 40-70. My DM is 73 and the oldest person we’ve ever had in our family, so I don’t think of her as ‘young’.

75

It's grey.

Under 70 I always feel was "too" young/younger than expected/too soon.

Over 80 I would feel had had a good innings, but it's still sad.

Someone in their 70s, especially early 70s, I tend to feel is younger than expected and a bit "unfair" albeit not outrageously young.

When you consider that humans can live for a century, I think it's fair to say that someone who died in their 60s or early 70s died young, even though they're not a young person.

I agree with 80+

my brother died at 67, definitely too young 😢

70ish

75

Dying young I would say under 60. Dying younger than expected if below 75+. I lost a parent who was 72, so definately before I expected to. It did not seem natural to be a parent down in my 30s.

Language is flexible. OP clearly meant ‘young’ in the sense of ‘premature.’

Its a tough one because I think it depends on the person. My aunt died a few weeks ago at 89 and that seemed too soon. She was full of life until she wasn’t.

My nan was 75 and it definitely felt like she was too young. In her early 70s she was still completely independent, she drove everywhere, helped with grandchildren, dressed stylishly, always had perfect hair and makeup, had lots of energy and a busy social life. I also have relatives who are in their early 90s which made her seem young in comparison I suppose.

I was going to say anything under 55 is dying young... but ive been humbled by all the other comments saying 80+ 🤣🤣🤣

My mum was 69 and that felt ‘too soon’. I think 80 is a good age to make it to, 75-80 a greyer area and below 75 sooner than would be expected nowadays.

Nobody is saying that it means the person is young, just that it’s too young to die.

I was going to say 80 but my fil is 85 and if he died tomorrow it would feel far too early because he still seems so “young”.

75+

I'd say 80 plus but then I have SIL who is 81 this year and BIL is 80 next year and they are just not old! The older you get the less reasonable it becomes tbh. But I think 80s is a fair old crack at life so you can't really complain.

After about 70, I would say.

@Chasingsquirrels makes a good point though as well

85 +

I see a lot of deaths of people in their 70s in the newspaper and that feels too young as I have friends in that age group who still seem "young" to me. Even 80 isn't really old these days.

My parents died at 65 and 66. I wouldn’t use the word ‘young’ when talking about their deaths, but I did feel they were gone a bit too soon and would have hoped and expected for another 20 years for them.

Well 40 isn’t young either is it? But it’s very young to die. So is 65. Dying young doesn’t mean that you die at an age where you are classed as a “young person”.

Also with the average age to have children climbing, if most people have a baby in their mid 30s then first-time grandparents will be around 70+, if not a bit older, when their grandchild is a new baby- all the more reason for 75 not to seem old enough to go.

I would say 40+
Once you are in middle age, you are not “young”. You may be dying very early on average for our society, but you are not a young person who has died young.

Errr I think most people would class a person in their 40s dying as dying young

I think, in the timescale of an average life, that 40 is towards the end of the young range.

A "young person" would generally refer to a non-adult though, which is a different thing.