Afraid of old WHAT?

I was going to despair. I still can, just a different topic.
I was going to despair of the human race's cooking skills: or lack thereof. After repeatedly stating "I think I've seen it all.", with new potatoes in a tin, mushy peas in a tin, haggis, neaps an' taties in a packet. The most recent being, wudjer bleev it, bloody FRIED ONIONS in a tin.

AND THEN: "Along came Jones".
I got a series of 17 "Inspiring and Positive Quotes".
I have to admit that, actually, they were.

Old Buddha, however, obviously was not at the head of the queue when they handed out punctuation skills.

As I keep repeating, ad nauseam, I am not the worlds greatest. But I do try. I also keep saying Herself says I'm VERY trying.

I think my all time favourite hate is the "Grocers' apostrophe", every time I see "Apple's" on a label, I'm tempted to scream ...
"APPLE'S WHAT? Skin, core, weight, scent, WHAT??"

I/we know, with absolute certainty, what he meant (And probably, actually, said.)

But the author seems to think he lost:-
"...Anger,
Anxiety,
Depression,
Insecurity,
Fear of old,
Age and death."
Point/question 1. Fear of old WHAT precisely?
Point 2. If he lost "Age and death" where on Earth is the immortal old lad hiding out?