I got inducted at 40 and I have seen younger here. I would think this day and age there would be to many variables to get a real number but god bless em for doing the study.

Well I am 58. That may be the average age for widows but my husband Rob was only 46. We were together for 19 years. I use to tell him that we would probably die around the same time as women usually live 10 years on the average longer than men. That was an average too. Well if that was the case he would just have to live 2 years without me. He use to say he couldn't live 2 years without me. He won't have to worry about that now but what about me? How long does the average widow live withouth their husbands? Hug, Donna

I am 51 and hubby was 57 when he passed away 4/27/09...

I was a widower at 47.

I was almost 63 and he was 75 1/2.

I might be the exception. I'm 33 and hubby passed at 34.

I became a widow at 42. My husband was only 38

I am 64 and Jim was 66. We beat the average but I still don't feel any better.

I was widowed at age 54.

I was 52, my husband was 53.

I guess I am average as I was 56 and my beloved husband was 71. Wish I could have beat the odds. However, based on the previous responses, I feel extremely blessed. Too many of you lost your loved ones way too young. My prayers are with you.

I was widowed at 50 - Cliff was only 55. My mother was widowed at 63 when my Dad was 75. I wonder who they were using to come up with the numbers? They must be including the accidental deaths rather than the health/natural causes deaths, because I understood those ages to be about 20 or so years higher. I'd be curious to see the study. The only other widows that I know that were young/younger were because of accidents - everybody else I know still has their spouses, including those much older than me - definitely made me "odd man out."

Widowed at 63. My DH was 59 and died of natural causes.

I was 50...Jim just had just turned 48 - way too young

I'm 42 and my husband was 48