1931–2020
John le Carré
British novelist and spy
89years old at death
32,562days lived
90%of the people on this site died younger
John le Carré was born on 19 October 1931 and died on 12 December 2020, aged 89 years and 54 days. That is 32,562 days in all.
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- Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharIndian-American astrophysicist · 1910–199584 yrs
- Selim I9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520 · 1470–152049 yrs
- Thomas Browne ↗English polymath and author · 1605–168277 yrs
- Jean Dausset ↗French immunologist · 1916–200992 yrs
- Umberto Boccioni ↗Italian painter and sculptor · 1882–191633 yrs
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