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Offline GRACELAND

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any help on a DC
« on: Friday 30 April 04 14:28 BST (UK) »
Hello  ,, i have a death cert  with cause of death marked;
   OLD AGE  (80)   NOT CERTIFIED
  what do it mean ??? :-[                      dated 1869..
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Re:any help on a DC
« Reply #1 on: Friday 30 April 04 14:41 BST (UK) »
Hi again

Old Age - remembering that our life span is supposed to be 3 score years and ten = 70 years; then anyone living after that age was doing really well.
By the time they reached 80, their bodies were wearing out very fast - usually listed as degeneration or plain Old Age.

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