Ludovico Sforza became grey in a single night.
Charles I. grew grey while he was on his trial.
Marie Antoinette grew grey from grief during her imprisonment. (See Gray.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.