Can You Really Die of Old Age?
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Even though age can contribute to someone’s death, it almost definitely won’t be the direct cause. \n\nWe're conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give us feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SciShowSurvey2017\n\nHosted by: Stefan Chin\n----------\nSupport SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow\n----------\nDooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, Inerri, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Bella Nash, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz\n----------\nLooking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?\nFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow\nTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow\nTumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com\nInstagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow\n----------\nSources:\nhttps://www.livescience.com/32241-do-people-really-die-of-old-age.html\nhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2017-06-14/can-you-die-from-old-age/8605896\nhttp://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/telomeres/\nhttp://www.medicaldaily.com/can-people-really-die-old-age-318528\n----------\nImages:\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Telomere_caps.gif
