[MR] About that "They die Young" myth

[Robert J Welenc]

At 05:44 PM 6/11/01 -0400, you wrote:
> I read an interesting list of ages at death of some well-known
medieval
>persons, and thought you'd be interested. We all know that the life
>expectancy was considerably lower than in modern times, but I, for
one, need
>a reminder that it didn't mean it was lead to the perception of as
"being
>old" at 45 (except in the minds of teenagers and children, of
course! )

People tend to forget that "average age of death at 45" was just that
-- an *average*.  It included all the little ones who died at birth
or in their first year, as well as their 75-year-old great
grandparents.  It didn't mean that you could expect to die shortly
after you reached the magic number.


Alanna
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