1922–2011
Har Gobind Khorana
Indian-American molecular biologist
89years old at death
32,811days lived
91%of the people on this site died younger
Har Gobind Khorana was born on 9 January 1922 and died on 9 November 2011, aged 89 years and 304 days. That is 32,811 days in all.
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