Mine made it into the 80s; Linus into 90s etc.
[link|http://www.lbl.gov/Publications/Currents/Archive/Jul-22-2005.html| Al Ghiorso..] think radiochem and tiny half-lives and Ooooh: radiation - is here shown at a presentation on his 90th, in '05. (His 64th year as an active scientist.)
Confess I haven't looked for morbidity tables + chemists; still, when we choose (discover?) our calling -- that occurs usually at a time when we deem selves immortal. Similarly, look at orchestra conductors (or musicians) - most of whom make it way beyond actuarial tables.
Athletes? + steroids == long-term uglies, and most know this ... So...?
Perhaps Love extends life (?)
ie. If you *really* loved chem, you'd have ignored such silly stats.
Rest case.
