1917–2019
I. M. Pei
Chinese-American architect
102years old at death
37,275days lived
99%of the people on this site died younger
I. M. Pei was born on 26 April 1917 and died on 16 May 2019, aged 102 years and 20 days. That is 37,275 days in all.
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