1925–2012
Gore Vidal
American writer
86years old at death
31,713days lived
85%of the people on this site died younger
Gore Vidal was born on 3 October 1925 and died on 31 July 2012, aged 86 years and 302 days. That is 31,713 days in all.
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- Claude MonetFrench painter · 1840–192686 yrs
- Martin HeideggerGerman philosopher · 1889–197686 yrs
- Maya AngelouAmerican poet, author, and civil rights activist · 1928–201486 yrs
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Also born on 3 October
- Sergei YeseninRussian poet · 1895–192530 yrs
- Louis AragonFrench poet · 1897–198285 yrs
- Carl von OssietzkyGerman journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize · 1889–193848 yrs
- James M. Buchanan ↗American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics · 1919–201393 yrs
- Stevie Ray Vaughan ↗American blues guitarist · 1954–199035 yrs
- Thomas Wolfe ↗American writer · 1900–193837 yrs
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