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by DanBC 3319 days ago
> Who is going to want my 78.94 year old organs?

There isn't an age limit on donating organs.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8226709.stm

> Professor James Neuberger, associate medical director of NHS Blood and Transplant, said: "The belief that there is some sort of age limit on becoming an organ donor is a complete myth.

> "Organs are successfully transplanted from people in their 70s and 80s, and the oldest cornea donor recorded was 104 years old.