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I saw that he lived to be 84, which seemed like a long life until I saw this other story on HN about Olivia de Havilland living to 104. https://news.ycombinato
by melling 6y ago
I saw that he lived to be 84, which seemed like a long life until I saw this other story on HN about Olivia de Havilland living to 104.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23958566 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23958566
Imagine if Einstein had lived another 30 years into the 1980’s. Richard Feynman was 2 years younger than Olivia de Havilland, but he only lived to be 69.
- dddbbb 6y agoThere's a woman living in Japan who was born before George Orwell. It's incredible to think that one could be in their 60s and still have half a century left.
- joedevon 6y agoAs you get older that is less alarming! -said as a 52 year old
- chrisco255 6y agoFeynman's good friend Freeman Dyson lived to be 96 and died just a few months ago. He was mentally sharp right through the end.
- eru 6y agoEinstein would probably have liked to live longer, but I don't think he did much important science in his later years?