1895–1974
Marcel Pagnol
Novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France
79years old at death
28,903days lived
69%of the people on this site died younger
Marcel Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 and died on 18 April 1974, aged 79 years and 49 days. That is 28,903 days in all.
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