It's kind of sad that 77 really isn't that old by today's standards. He'd been calling himself "Old Man" since the show premiered, almost a decade ago, when he was in his late 60's. Just goes to show that attitude and a sedentary lifestyle can be as much of a factor in an untimely death as drug use in the younger years would be, the latter having likely played a role in Anthony Bourdain's suicide.