Our 40 year old almond tree died, I’m extremely sad – Reddit Post

We had this big almond tree at our village house, I used to climb on it as a kid, hanging from it’s branches eating almonds. It was a big part of my childhood so I’m very upset.

It was always left to its own devices and it was happy, I live in Greece and almond trees are native here, they pop up everywhere in my area. Could it have just reached the end of its life? I couldn’t find much info on how long almond trees live, only for “production years”. My other theory is that the two fig trees that are very close out competed it for sun and root space. Any other ideas?