1917–1985
Heinrich Böll
German writer
67years old at death
24,679days lived
45%of the people on this site died younger
Heinrich Böll was born on 21 December 1917 and died on 16 July 1985, aged 67 years and 207 days. That is 24,679 days in all.
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