1936–2011
Václav Havel
Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic
75years old at death
27,467days lived
61%of the people on this site died younger
Václav Havel was born on 5 October 1936 and died on 18 December 2011, aged 75 years and 74 days. That is 27,467 days in all.
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