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Paul Reubens, actor best known for playing Pee-wee Herman, dies aged 70 (www.theguardian.com)
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The actor died Sunday night, years after he had been diagnosed with cancer, according to his team

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[–] thorbot 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What the hell? 70 is very young to die with current medical sciences. How sad.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Cancer doesn't really care how old you are, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The average life expectancy for men in the USA is about 77. Since it's the average, some men aren't going to be that lucky.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Drugs can do that to a person.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

So can cancer, like in this case.