1932–2022
Luc Montagnier
French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine
89years old at death
32,681days lived
90%of the people on this site died younger
Luc Montagnier was born on 18 August 1932 and died on 8 February 2022, aged 89 years and 174 days. That is 32,681 days in all.
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