> > Aragorn wasn't just a ranger in the North, though. If you've seen the extended version of The Two Towers, you may recall him explaining to Eowyn that he is in his eighties. In his younger days he actually fought alongside Boromir & Faramir's grandfather, Echthelion, defending Gondor from its various foes. During that time he went under an assumed name. "Thorongil" or something like that.
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> Not that I'm trying to be too picky, but if you want a strictly "canon" answer on any topic, citing the Peter Jackson films is a bad idea. At best, they were "inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien;" really, they had all the right names, and that was the end of it.
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> Don't get me wrong; they were perfectly enjoyable films. Just not much to do with the books.

A search on Wikipedia will reveal that Aragorn is about 87 during the time of the action in LotR. He died at age 120.