Current Life Expectancy is 75.9 years, according to the SSA.
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html
He lost 4, in an average sense.
He could also have been hit by a bus prematurely.
79 here in Japan for men - 86 for women .
True, but to account for killings, car accidents and other early causes of death, it is instructive to look at the actuary data for natural deaths. For example, for people that reach 65, the life expectancy is 84.