diff --git a/components/actors/tile.vue b/components/actors/tile.vue
index 3b9833f..7e545ef 100644
--- a/components/actors/tile.vue
+++ b/components/actors/tile.vue
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 					<span
 						v-if="actor.ageAtDeath"
 						:title="`Passed ${formatDate(actor.ageAtDeath, 'MMMM d, yyyy')}`"
-						class="age"
-					>{{ actor.ageAtDeath }} <Icon icon="tombstone" /></span>
+						class="age age-death"
+					>{{ actor.ageAtDeath }}</span>
 
 					<span
 						v-else-if="actor.ageFromBirth"
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 						class="age"
 					>{{ actor.ageFromBirth }}</span>
 
+					<!-- don't show 'age then' for scenes released after the performer's death, because it might show an age they sadly never reached -->
 					<span
 						v-if="actor.ageThen && actor.ageThen < actor.ageFromBirth && (!actor.ageAtDeath || actor.ageThen < actor.ageAtDeath)"
 						title="Age on date of release"
@@ -232,6 +233,10 @@ const favorited = ref(props.actor.stashes.some((actorStash) => actorStash.id ===
 	font-weight: normal;
 }
 
+.age-death {
+	color: var(--grey-light-20);
+}
+
 .country {
 	display: flex;
 	align-items: center;