Born on April 23, 1936.
Died at the age of 52 on December 6, 1988.
Cause of Death: Heart attack.
Roy Orbison was a part of the Silent Generation demographic cohort.
Roy Orbison was not a boomer. The boomer generation started in 1945, whereas he was born in 1936.
That is a 9 year difference!
The "boomer" label is often applied to older people by mistake.
He had the star sign Taurus.
His Life Path Number was 1.
Roy Orbison was around 5 ft 11 inches tall. In centimeters, his height was 180 cm.
Statistically speaking, this means that he was slightly taller than the average American male. However, he was not tall by conventional standards.
In other words, he didn't stand out as being particularly tall.
See also: Celebrities who are 5 ft 11 inches.
If he were still alive today, he would be 89 years old.
He died 36 years, 5 months, and 10 days ago.
He was born on a Thursday.
He died on a Tuesday.
He died in December 1988, which was over 36 years ago. Three decades have passed since his death.
To put that into perspective.
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