Dixon died a little over a month shy of her 29th birthday.

He died suddenly of a heart attack, one month short of his 49th birthday.

He died just a few days shy of his 47th birthday.

Cooper died on September 3, 1987, just six days shy of his 49th birthday.

He died seven months shy of his 100th birthday, in 1985.

He died just two weeks shy of his 105th birthday.

He died on 21 May 1809, two months short of his 80th birthday, before his punishment began.

In 1995, Chachere died just shy of his 90th birthday.

He died on September 18, 2009, only one day shy of his 90th birthday.

Heath continued to work until two weeks before he died in March 1953, "just a month shy of his 92nd birthday."