1942–2013
Lou Reed
American rock musician
71years old at death
26,172days lived
53%of the people on this site died younger
Lou Reed was born on 2 March 1942 and died on 27 October 2013, aged 71 years and 239 days. That is 26,172 days in all.
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- Neville ChamberlainPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940 · 1869–194071 yrs
- Giosuè CarducciItalian poet and literary critic · 1835–190771 yrs
- Jean-Baptiste PerrinFrench physicist · 1870–194271 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- Tadeusz KościuszkoPolish, Lithuanian and American military leader · 1746–181771 yrs
- Mohammad Ali JinnahPolitician and the founder of Pakistan · 1876–194871 yrs
- Kurt GödelAustrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics · 1906–197871 yrs
- Andrea PalladioItalian architect · 1508–158071 yrs
Others who died at 71
- Socrates5th-century BCE Greek philosopher · c. 470–399 BCc. 71 yrs
- CharlemagneKing of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor · AD 742–81471 yrs
- Arthur Conan DoyleBritish writer and physician · 1859–193071 yrs
- Suleiman the MagnificentThe tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire · 1494–156671 yrs
- Grover Cleveland22nd & 24th President of the United States · 1837–190871 yrs
- John TylerPresident of the United States from 1841 to 1845 · 1790–186271 yrs
- George SandFrench novelist and memoirist · 1804–187671 yrs
- Wangari Muta MaathaiKenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 · 1940–201171 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 71
Also born on 2 March
- Mikhail GorbachevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 · 1931–202291 yrs
- Pius XIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958 · 1876–195882 yrs
- Leo XIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 · 1810–190393 yrs
- Abd al-Aziz BoutafliqaPresident of Algeria from 1999 to 2019 · 1937–202184 yrs
- Bedřich SmetanaCzech composer · 1824–188460 yrs
- Nikos KazantzakisGreek writer, poet and philosopher · 1883–195774 yrs
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Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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