1932–2009
John Updike
American novelist, poet
76years old at death
28,074days lived
64%of the people on this site died younger
John Updike was born on 18 March 1932 and died on 27 January 2009, aged 76 years and 315 days. That is 28,074 days in all.
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- Grover Cleveland22nd & 24th President of the United States · 1837–190871 yrs
- Neville ChamberlainPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940 · 1869–194071 yrs
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- Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovRussian composer · 1844–190864 yrs
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