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Originally Posted by Dûrbelethwen
I always thought the same thing about how ring bearers aged. This would also explain why Gollom was still alive even though he was over 500 years old.
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Hmm...
I forgot Gollum. Using the same reasoning as above, if we assume that Gollum was around 30 (being hobbit-stock, that would make him a young adult). It was then nearly 80 years from when Gollum lost the Ring until the LotR, so Gollum would be 110ish!! That's pretty spry for someone with his lifestyle!!!
Maybe he was quite young at the time he got/found/killed for the Ring. Say 15-20. Even so, that puts him in the 90-100 range. Certainly something to think about.