1931–2021
Desmond Tutu
South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner
90years old at death
32,953days lived
91%of the people on this site died younger
Desmond Tutu was born on 7 October 1931 and died on 26 December 2021, aged 90 years and 80 days. That is 32,953 days in all.
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Also born on 7 October
- Niels BohrDanish physicist · 1885–196277 yrs
- Heinrich HimmlerGerman Nazi politician; leader of the German SS & main architect of the Holocaust · 1900–194544 yrs
- Henry A. WallaceAmerican politician (1888–1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945 · 1888–196577 yrs
- Nicholas IVPope of the Catholic Church from 1288 to 1292 · 1227–129264 yrs
- Harry Kroto ↗British chemist · 1939–201676 yrs
- Ulrike Meinhof ↗German left-wing militant, journalist and author · 1934–197641 yrs
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