1821–1880
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist
58years old at death
21,332days lived
27%of the people on this site died younger
Gustave Flaubert was born on 12 December 1821 and died on 8 May 1880, aged 58 years and 148 days. That is 21,332 days in all.
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