1918–1990
Louis Althusser
French Marxist philosopher
72years old at death
26,304days lived
54%of the people on this site died younger
Louis Althusser was born on 16 October 1918 and died on 22 October 1990, aged 72 years and 6 days. That is 26,304 days in all.
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