1909–1974
U Thant
UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971
65years old at death
24,048days lived
41%of the people on this site died younger
U Thant was born on 22 January 1909 and died on 25 November 1974, aged 65 years and 307 days. That is 24,048 days in all.
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