1923–1985
Italo Calvino
Italian journalist and writer
61years old at death
22,620days lived
32%of the people on this site died younger
Italo Calvino was born on 15 October 1923 and died on 19 September 1985, aged 61 years and 339 days. That is 22,620 days in all.
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