Interesting (food industry) article points out that in 2008 a slew of health fanatics and zealots passed away, even worse, most were under the age of 80.

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In the Food Industry section of Bnet.com, columnist Dan Mitchell, poses the irreverent question: Only Good Eaters Die Young?

He goes on to mention, that this year alone, the following high profile health evangelists passed away:

Robert Atkins, 71, Founder of The Atkins Diet
Jim Fixx, 52, Running Enthusiast
Euell Gibbons, 64, Wild Foods Promoter and Post Grape Nuts Cereal Spokesman
Jerome Rodale, 72, ran the health magazine empire, Rodale.com

Jerome Rodale, who magazine empire covers all kinds of health-related subjects from organic food to running, slipped away at age 72 on the set of the Dick Cavett Show, during a taping. He had just finished talking about how healthy he was — he even said “I’ve decided to live to be a hundred” and “I never felt better in my life!” — and was sitting next to columnist Pete Hamill when he passed. Ironically, Hamill, the onetime hard-drinking, Camel-puffing, two fisted veteran of New York’s tabloid wars, is still with us.

This was brought to light by the editors at Gawker.com, who kind of made a case for themselves, on how many fast food chain founders, lived to an average ripe age of 95. See notables below:

Wilber Hardee, 89, founder of Hardee’s
JR Simplot, 99, inventor of the processed french fry
Irvine Robbins, 90, founder of Baskin-Robbins
Lovie Yacey, 96, founder of FatBurger
Carl Karcher, 90, founder of Carl’s Jr

Fact is, i’m 100% sure you (my lovely readers) can point out a handful (if not more) of healthy food eaters, who have lived way past 80.

So i challenge you to name them below. Get ready, get set, go!

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