1906–2001
Léopold Sédar Senghor
First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist
95years old at death
34,771days lived
97%of the people on this site died younger
Léopold Sédar Senghor was born on 9 October 1906 and died on 20 December 2001, aged 95 years and 72 days. That is 34,771 days in all.
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