Paul Morphy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy > Returning to New Orleans in late 1859 at the age of 22,

Paul Morphy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy > Returning to New Orleans in late 1859 at the age of 22, he retired from active chess competition to begin his law career. Morphy never established a successful law practice and ultimately lived a life of idleness, living on his family's fortune. Despite appeals from his admirers, Morphy never returned to the game, and died in 1884 from a stroke at the age of 47.