Before someone's time

I don't know — that was before my time

At thirteen, I liked a lot of music that was before my time: Louis Armstrong and Dixieland jazz, Sousa marches, and barbershop quartet singing.

dead before his time

Oh yes, and tell her to take care of herself too, and not get herself all banged up again, or she will look old before her time.

Jimi Hendrix is buried at Evergreen Memorial Park in Renton. The electric guitar player extraordinaire died before his time at the young age of 27.

"Unless you become the third apprentice to quit before his time?"