1920–1994
Charles Bukowski
German-American writer
73years old at death
26,868days lived
57%of the people on this site died younger
Charles Bukowski was born on 16 August 1920 and died on 9 March 1994, aged 73 years and 205 days. That is 26,868 days in all.
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