1862–1918
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter
55years old at death
20,295days lived
23%of the people on this site died younger
Gustav Klimt was born on 14 July 1862 and died on 6 February 1918, aged 55 years and 207 days. That is 20,295 days in all.
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