Melvyn Dumar wasn’t the only notable person who died at about your age:

You’ve outlived Susan Butcher by almost two weeks. She was the second woman to win the Iditarod and first person to summit Mount McKinley with a dog team. She died of leukemia in 2006.
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Billy Carter was about 2 months younger than you when he died of pancreatic cancer in 1988. He was a brother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter and inventor of Billy Beer.
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You’ve outlived Marcel Proust by more than 3 months. He was the French novelist known for his multi–volume magnum opus, “Remembrance of Things Past” (1914–1927). He died of bronchitis and pneumonia in 1922.
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Stanley Milgram was more than 3 months younger than you when he died of heart attack in 1984. He was a professor and social psychologist known for his work on obedience.
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