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William Gates Senior dies at 94
- legerdemain 6y agoBill Gates III had a living parent? This blows my mind, thinking about the kinds of extended families one could have with that kind of lifespan! For comparison, I'm just over half Gates's age, and my father died of a treatable, chronic, and somewhat stigmatising disease, in a developing country, 15 years ago, and it seemed totally normal.
- sebmellen 6y agoBroadly speaking, the more money you have, the longer your life expectancy. This is known as the Preston Curve https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_curve https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_curve. Also: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/04/for-life-expectancy-money-matters/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/04/for-life-expe....