Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do.

1729–1812) British naval officer and Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia
Richard Cyril Hughes (born 1932) Welsh historian
Richard J. Richard Hughes may refer to:
Richard Hughes (jockey) (born 1973) Irish jockey
Richard Hughes (journalist) (1906–1984) Australian journalist
Richard Hughes (writer) (1900–1976) British writer
Richard Hughes (musician) (born 1975) drummer with Keane
Richard Hughes (footballer) (born 1979) Scottish footballer
Richard Hughes (cricketer) (born 1926) English cricketer
Richard E. Hughes (1909–1992) Governor of New Jersey in the 1960s Chief Justice of New Jersey in the 1970s
Richard W.