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

[M Cohen]

RZS writes ... "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.


Similarly, I have often wondered when attending the hespedim of Gadol X that
died at the age of 90+ or so.

Why do many of the maspidim talk about 'our many aveiros that have caused
this tzadik to be taken away from us'

Is this not 'normal' or expected at this age?

GCT,
mordechai cohen