1929–2019
Murray Gell-Mann
American physicist
89years old at death
32,758days lived
90%of the people on this site died younger
Murray Gell-Mann was born on 15 September 1929 and died on 24 May 2019, aged 89 years and 251 days. That is 32,758 days in all.
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