A Blog by the Editor of The Middle East Journal

Putting Middle Eastern Events in Cultural and Historical Context

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A Random Thought About Tantawi's Death

I was just reading my own post about Sheikh Tantawi's death from earlier today, and was suddenly struck by the fact that he died at age 81.

Given the growing debates over a Mubarak succession, etc., I wonder if Egyptians will be struck, as I belatedly was, by the potential mortality of any other prominent 81-year old figures?

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