1915–2009
Paul Samuelson
American economist
94years old at death
34,546days lived
96%of the people on this site died younger
Paul Samuelson was born on 15 May 1915 and died on 13 December 2009, aged 94 years and 212 days. That is 34,546 days in all.
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