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He said 'I'm going to live to 100.' He died on live TV. πŸ“Ί
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He said 'I'm going to live to 100.' He died on live TV. πŸ“Ί

He said 'I'm going to live to 100.' He died on live TV. πŸ“Ί . . . Jerome Rodale, the American health-food publisher who championed organic farming, appeared on The Dick Cavett Show on June 8, 1971 at age 72. He boasted, 'I've decided to live to be a hundred.' Minutes later, guest Pete Hamill whispered, 'This looks bad.' Rodale had died in his chair mid-interview. The episode never aired.

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