Over the past 30 years, the average age of an Apostle/Prophet who dies is 86. The youngest in that time-frame was Bruce R. McConkie at age 69, the oldest was David B. Haight at age 97 (about three months older than 97-year-old Gordon B. Hinckley).
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Current ages (listed in order of seniority):
Thomas S. Monson - 86
Boyd K. Packer - 89
L. Tom Perry - 91
Russell M. Nelson - 89
Dallin H. Oaks - 81
M. Russell Ballard - 85
Richard G. Scott - 84
Robert D. Hales - 81
Jeffrey R. Holland - 72
Henry B. Eyring - 80
Dieter F. Uchtdorf - 72
David A. Bednar - 61
Quentin L. Cook - 73
D. Todd Christofferson - 68
Neil L. Andersen - 62 (called in 2009)
When it comes to just the Prophets, their average age of death is 83. If you only count non-murdered Prophets, the age average goes to... 86.
Joseph Smith - 38 (Prophet for 14 years)
Brigham Young - 76 (29)
John Taylor - 78 (8)
Wilford Woodruff - 91 (9)
Lorenzo Snow - 87 (3)
Joseph F. Smith - 80 (17)
Heber J. Grant - 88 (27)
George Albert Smith - 81 (6)
David O. McKay - 96 (19)
Joseph Fielding Smith - 95 (2)
Harold B. Lee - 74 (18 months)
Spencer W. Kimball - 90 (12)
Ezra Taft Benson - 94 (8)
Howard W. Hunter - 87 (9 months)
Gordon B. Hinckley - 97 (12)
Thomas S. Monson - 86* (5+)
There have been 3 times when the succeeding Prophet was older than the man he replaced. Young was 4 years older than Smith, Woodruff was 18 months older than Taylor, and Kimball was 4 years older than Lee. Also, Hunter was the first Prophet born in the 1900's.
The longest there has not been a change to First Presidency / Quorum of Twelve was from 1995-2004, between the calls of Eyring and Uchtdorf/Bednar with the respective deaths of Hunter and Maxwell/Haight. At 4+ years, this is the 5th longest time we've gone with no change, the other three periods being 1988-1994, 1925-1931 and 1911-1916.
No conclusions, just stats.
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