American screenwriter and television producer Rod Sterling died at age 50 of a heart attack.
Serling was an extremely heavy smoker, which was no doubt the cause of his death. He'd been a paratrooper during World War Two, serving in the Pacific.
He's best remembered for The Twilight Zone.
Serling in 1959, at which time he would have only been 34 years old. This photo gives us a good example of what we've noted elsewhere, about how people aged more rapidly in the past. The cigarette in hand would have helped contribute to that. World War Two probably didn't help either. Serling's bracelet features Army jump wings.
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