https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/too-short-lives-black-men/600628/

«Like so many other black men in America, Elijah Cummings died too young.»

Something like this was the one of the first thoughts I had when I heard he had died.

Here are some more links:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2014/01/07/racism-may-speed-up-aging-in-african-american-men/#68c98eb87127

https://www.pnas.org/content/101/49/17312.full.pdf