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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As has already been pointed out, the US senate average is still (a little) lower, but anyway for reference Brezhnev was 75 when he died as leader, Andropov died at 69, and Chernenko at 73

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah Andropov and Chernenko where not so much old as ailing. Wasn't Chernenko smoking since he was 15?