[Avodah] Is the term ‘He died before his time’ correct?

[Zev Sero]

Avroham Yakov wrote:
> I am sure all of us have heard the term, ‘He/she died before his/her 
> time’, most often used when a young person  r’l dies.
> 
> But is such a term hashkofically correct?  If Ha-Shem decides to take 
> someone, can that be ‘before their time’?

"Mi vekitzo, umi lo vekitzo".  Evidently it is possible to die "lo
vekitzo".

I find it odd, though, when a person dies in his 70s or even 80s, and
people announce his death as "untimely".  Sad, yes; shocking, even, if
he was previously in good health.  But how is it untimely?  Even if his
parents lived to 100, and he reasonably expected to do likewise, it
still seems odd.

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