That is interesting. Looking a little closer, 3 of the youngest 4 lost their lives due to drug use (including alcohol). Remove those, and the average jumps to 71.722. Assuming average lifespan for men of 71, and women of 73.5, the expected average lifespan of this list would be 71.714, or 71.555 excluding those 3.
Great quiz, although I have a few criticisms: saying in the description that these people "left us" sounds weird, but maybe that's just my opinion; Nelson Mandela is not notable because he was the first black president of South Africa, he is notable for ending apartheid; describing the communist dictator Hugo Chavez as "leftist" is a bit misleading; Whitney Houston was primarily a singer; it seems odd to include Osama bin Laden in this quiz, as if to extend sympathy to him. That's it. I'm done complaining.
Because even though I never knew them personally, Kim Jong-il and Muammar Gaddafi didn't have reputations as the nicest gentlemen in history either, did they?
Yes, FW de Klerk and Mandela both received the Nobel Peace Prize for spearheading the ending of apartheid. Their partnership from each side of the racial divide was important to making it happen.
For me the saddest were Jack Bruce, Gough Whitlam, Johann Cruyff and Rik Mayall. It should also be noted that Philip Seymour Hoffman was in The Big Lebowski. The Dude abides.
A good time to maybe re-evaluate why you are celebrating someone's death.
The author talks about tolerance, and how otherwise intelligent people celebrated Thatcher's death while calling for compassion when Osama bin Laden died. It's a really interesting article that lays bare many modern hypocrisies. Are modern Western societies really more tolerant than we were before? The author says no. You don't get virtue points for tolerating your in group, but only by tolerating those you dislike. Food for thought.
The more you know...
Because even though I never knew them personally, Kim Jong-il and Muammar Gaddafi didn't have reputations as the nicest gentlemen in history either, did they?
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Also Mitch Mitchell, Larry Coryell, John Abercrombie...
The author talks about tolerance, and how otherwise intelligent people celebrated Thatcher's death while calling for compassion when Osama bin Laden died. It's a really interesting article that lays bare many modern hypocrisies. Are modern Western societies really more tolerant than we were before? The author says no. You don't get virtue points for tolerating your in group, but only by tolerating those you dislike. Food for thought.