1936–2021
F. W. de Klerk
7th state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994
85years old at death
31,284days lived
83%of the people on this site died younger
F. W. de Klerk was born on 18 March 1936 and died on 11 November 2021, aged 85 years and 238 days. That is 31,284 days in all.
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- Grover Cleveland22nd & 24th President of the United States · 1837–190871 yrs
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- Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovRussian composer · 1844–190864 yrs
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