1890–1938
Karel Čapek
Czech writer
48years old at death
17,881days lived
15%of the people on this site died younger
Karel Čapek was born on 9 January 1890 and died on 25 December 1938, aged 48 years and 350 days. That is 17,881 days in all.
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