1932–2016
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist
84years old at death
30,726days lived
80%of the people on this site died younger
Umberto Eco was born on 5 January 1932 and died on 19 February 2016, aged 84 years and 45 days. That is 30,726 days in all.
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