1918–2008
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician
89years old at death
32,743days lived
90%of the people on this site died younger
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born on 11 December 1918 and died on 3 August 2008, aged 89 years and 236 days. That is 32,743 days in all.
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