That's actually pretty cool! My alien was an elder, too, but it took him forever to die. He was at the end of his life span when I had him move in, but he didn't die until about two weeks after that. And then his ghost only visited the house once, so I had to wait for the Oh My Ghost! opportunity to get him to stick around longer. It was a bit annoying, especially since I wasn't able to get a ghost baby regardless.