# Leonard Hayflick, former President of the American Geriatrics Society and founding member of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), passed away on August 1, 2024, at the age of 96

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[https://x.com/davidasinclair/status/1819867549355704610](https://x.com/davidasinclair/status/1819867549355704610)

Hayflick once referred to himself as a frontrunner in the longevity game: “First, I did not develop any chronic age-related diseases until I was 94; second, my mother lived to the age of 106. Even my genes are on my side.”

> **[Interview: Physics and Aging](https://www.vision.org/interview-leonard-hayflick-is-aging-a-disease-920)**
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> Vision contributor Dan Cloer asks Dr. Leonard Hayflick about his argument of the inevitable relationship between aging and longevity.