how old was ed gein when he killed his brother

Ed Gein was 37 years old when his older brother Henry died in a fire in 1944. Henry Gein was born in 1902 and died on May 16, 1944, at the age of 43. There is no evidence that Ed Gein killed his brother; Henry's death was officially ruled as a result of asphyxiation during a fire, and it remains a mystery. Ed Gein was born on August 27, 1906, so he was about 37 at the time of his brother's death.