10 People who died at the age of 61

I do this sort of thing at this time of the year just to remind myself that being a live is a privilege not to be taken for granted.

1. Gregory of Nazianzus  church father 390
2. Thomas Gainsborough artist 1788
3. Andrew Fuller 1815
4. Sir Walter Scott novelist 1832
5. Adoniram Judson missionary 1850
6. George Eliot novelist 1880
7. Gregor Mendel monk and scientist 1884
8. Benito Mussolini dictator 1945
9. Ernest Hemingway writer 1961
10. Alan Ball footballer 2007