system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[LOTR] Did any Hobbit in the original trilogy know Gollum back when he was still Smeagol, or know people who knew him then?
gpt
No. Remember, Gollum had the Ring for 500 years. Bilbo achieving 110 was seen as an accomplishment. Even the Old Took only lived to be about 130. Anyone who knew Sméagol would have died a long time ago.