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> His family confirmed the death in a statement on Twitter, saying that until six months ago he “was still able to walk along the coast near his home in Dorset
by gwern 4y ago
> His family confirmed the death in a statement on Twitter, saying that until six months ago he “was still able to walk along the coast near his home in Dorset and take part in interviews, but his health deteriorated after a bad fall earlier this year.”
Another death from elder falling, like Freeman Dyson.
- Smoosh 4y agoWe need to invent airbags for the elderly.
- Qem 4y agoFalls are the beginning of the end for many elderly people. I think devising ways to avoid falls, or at least make them less serious, is a quite underrated line of research and a remaining low-hanging fruit for life extension.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoThe current thinking is to retain muscle mass; it’s the reduced muscle mass that causes the falls.
- paulpauper 4y agomaybe the key to immortality is not falling
- totetsu 4y agoOnce elderly become bed-ridden from a fall it's very hard to recover.