How old was Gary Coleman when they died?

Who lived about as long

Everyone here is ranked by days lived. These are the people just either side of Gary Coleman.

Madame de PompadourChief mistress of Louis XV of France · 1721–1764
42 yrs
Teresa TengTaiwanese ROC singer · 1953–1995
42 yrs
Ted BundyAmerican serial killer · 1946–1989
42 yrs
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de MirabeauFrench writer, orator and statesman · 1749–1791
42 yrs

José MartíCuban poet, philosopher and nationalist · 1853–1895
42 yrs
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and GothaConsort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 · 1819–1861
42 yrs
Anders CelsiusSwedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist · 1701–1744
42 yrs
Lesya UkrainkaUkrainian poet, writer and feminist · 1871–1913
42 yrs

Elvis PresleyAmerican singer and actor · 1935–1977
42 yrs
Søren KierkegaardDanish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic · 1813–1855
42 yrs
Nikolai GogolRussian writer of Ukrainian origin · 1809–1852
42 yrs
Guy de MaupassantFrench writer · 1850–1893
42 yrs
Vladimir VysotskySoviet singer-songwriter and actor · 1938–1980
42 yrs
Mary IQueen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558 · 1516–1558
42 yrs
Anders CelsiusSwedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist · 1701–1744
42 yrs
José MartíCuban poet, philosopher and nationalist · 1853–1895
42 yrs

Jules VerneFrench writer · 1828–1905
77 yrs
Dmitri MendeleevRussian chemist · 1834–1907
72 yrs
John RuskinEnglish writer and art critic · 1819–1900
80 yrs
James DeanAmerican actor · 1931–1955
24 yrs
Daniel BernoulliSwiss mathematician and physicist · 1700–1782
82 yrs
Emmanuel SwedenborgSwedish 18th century scientist and theologian · 1688–1772
84 yrs

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