[IrishBrigade]

‘As Mickey Mantle (another NY icon) once said, “If I knew I was going to live this long I’d have taken better care of myself.”

Mantle died at 63...

[oh8eleven]

Mantle died at 63...

His father died of Hodgkin's disease at age 40 in 1952, and his grandfather also died young of the same disease. Mick thought he was doomed.
Also, one son died at 36 of heart problems, and another died of liver cancer at 47.