1929–2011
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer
German nuclear physicist and Noble Prize in Physics
82years old at death
30,176days lived
77%of the people on this site died younger
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer was born on 31 January 1929 and died on 14 September 2011, aged 82 years and 226 days. That is 30,176 days in all.
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