# Why Didn't Gollum Age Without The Ring? - LOTR

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Podcast: [In Deep Geek](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-deep-geek-7564861)
Published: 2026-09-17T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Bilbo aged slowly when he had the One Ring, and then seemed to age quite quickly once he gave it up. So why didn’t the same thing happen to Gollum?

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