1940–2015
Eduardo Galeano
Uruguayan writer and journalist
74years old at death
27,250days lived
59%of the people on this site died younger
Eduardo Galeano was born on 3 September 1940 and died on 13 April 2015, aged 74 years and 222 days. That is 27,250 days in all.
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