Mornin all, I have one guess but want to think on it for awhile, I'll be back later.

Annette

At first I thought of smallpox or similar and then the obvious answer jumped up and hit me.

I'll post again later (if I remember).

Libby........who is getting old too :)

Going purely on Libby's hint, I'm going to guess that no US citizen one has died since 1951 from a smashing blow to the head by a baseball bat wielding kangaroo. I'm pretty sure you'll find that this is true.

Though it's almost inconceivable, if I come up with a better guess, I'll be back.

ThinMan

Think about it. How many death certificates have 'old age' as the cause of death?

Libby

TM, LOL-really! You get four stars plus one for extra credit even if you don't pay attention to the others!

Guess this was pretty easy. Surprised me though.

Oh darn, my guess was smallpox but you know TM's answer sounded pretty good to me :)

Annette

Well, I wouldn't say it was TOO easy. I hope not anyway, because I didn't get it. :-(

TM

Why, TM, what do you mean? Who wooda thunk that a nice Michigan boy would have known about those darn roos that used to wreak havoc here on the East Coast? HA.

You still can guess-you always gave us tons of leeway...

Four stars (****) for Libby and extra credit for TM who took her clue and ran with it.

The US government banned the use of old age as a cause of death in 1951.

Does Canada allow that designation? I sort of like it-"Yeah, she lived so long, old age finally caught up with her." Not a bad way to go in my mind. ;)

Thanks for playing all!

Good one, Cynthia. I remembered it when I saw it in Libby's answer, but sure didn't remember when it went into effect.

TM