1850–1893
Guy de Maupassant
French writer
42years old at death
15,676days lived
9%of the people on this site died younger
Guy de Maupassant was born on 5 August 1850 and died on 6 July 1893, aged 42 years and 335 days. That is 15,676 days in all.
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