Seems the good always die young.
Young? He was almost 60.
That is relatively young given the life expectancy in the Uk though, no?
The average life expectancy at birth in the 1940s was about 65. Not that big a difference. (The current life expectancy at birth is about 75 I believe.)
"Life expectancy at birth" is a misnomer. We're actually talking average age of persons dieing. The actual life expectancy at birth for any given year is impossible to calculate as long as anybody born in that year is still alive.
