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The phrase "olov hashalom" is often appended to names of the deceased. I don't know very much about it's history or any deeper implications, but at face value it just means "peace be upon him."
I once heard someone say "olov hashalom" about a living person, and then vociferously correct themselves with all kinds of blessings for the person to have a long life. Is there any reason, other than the implication based on its common usage, not to say this about a living person?
In Brachos 64a we find 'when leaving a friend don't say leich bishalom (go in peace) but rather leich lishalom (go for peace) etc, when leaving a dead person don't say leich lishalom, but rather leich bishalom etc'.
Being in a state of shalom is reserved for the dead. Hashalom, THE peace, is the epitome of this state of being.
