My mom had a Sears washer from about 1979 that died in 1994. We had a washer from 1992 that just died...well, actually it could be fixed but we wanted a more modern washer that could handle bigger loads.
Same with us on a Maytag washer and drier we bought in 1983. Both died in 2003 about 6 months apart. As you could guess, we bought Maytags again.