In 1862, he sold his equipment and abruptly retired without explanation.
After just six games, all of them losses, Ramirez abruptly retired.
A similar number of agents resigned under inquiry or retired abruptly in those years.
It will no longer be the case that everyone retires abruptly on their peak salary.
Hughes Aircraft's chairman and chief executive retired abruptly, 13 months after he took the posts.
Sam Wellborn, who had headed the unit, retired abruptly last week.
Gibson's pro career lasted five years, when he abruptly retired at age 32.
However, Duffy abruptly retired from baseball in March 2010, at the age of 21.
Three years before, she had abruptly retired and, going to Singapore, had settled down, apparently for life.