1930–2013
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic
82years old at death
30,076days lived
76%of the people on this site died younger
Chinua Achebe was born on 16 November 1930 and died on 21 March 2013, aged 82 years and 125 days. That is 30,076 days in all.
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