1911–2006
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian writer
94years old at death
34,596days lived
96%of the people on this site died younger
Naguib Mahfouz was born on 11 December 1911 and died on 30 August 2006, aged 94 years and 262 days. That is 34,596 days in all.
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