1939–2018
Peter Grünberg
German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
78years old at death
28,814days lived
68%of the people on this site died younger
Peter Grünberg was born on 18 May 1939 and died on 7 April 2018, aged 78 years and 324 days. That is 28,814 days in all.
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