1933–2018
Philip Roth
American novelist
85years old at death
31,110days lived
82%of the people on this site died younger
Philip Roth was born on 19 March 1933 and died on 22 May 2018, aged 85 years and 64 days. That is 31,110 days in all.
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Also born on 19 March
- David LivingstoneScottish missionary and explorer · 1813–187360 yrs
- Adolf EichmannGerman-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust · 1906–196256 yrs
- Ferdinand II of AragonKing of Aragon, Sicily, Naples, and Valencia · 1452–151663 yrs
- Albert SpeerGerman Nazi architect, Government Minister of Armaments and War Production for Nazi Germany and convicted Nazi War Criminal · 1905–198176 yrs
- Frédéric Joliot-CurieFrench scientist · 1900–195858 yrs
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