1922–2007
Kurt Vonnegut
American author
84years old at death
30,832days lived
80%of the people on this site died younger
Kurt Vonnegut was born on 11 November 1922 and died on 11 April 2007, aged 84 years and 151 days. That is 30,832 days in all.
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