What's the deal with so many dying when they are 69?

Eddie Mekka (Carmine on Laverne & Shirley) was 69.

David Bowie, Harold Ramis, Patty Duke, Margot Kidder, Alan Rickman, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers), Leon Redbone, Dave Holland (Judas Priest), Lennie Baker (Sh na na), Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters), Greg Lake (ELP), Alan Merrill (I love rock and roll author), Rutger Gunnarsson (ABBA), Clarence Clemons, Danny McCulloch (The Animals), Jim Sherwood (Zappa bassist). These come to mind as death at 69 over the past several years.

Heck, even Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were 69 whem they were killed by Bush/Clinton/Obama.

Just seems I keep hearing '69' when announcements are made of famous people passing lately, seems strange to me.