1939–2013
Seamus Heaney
Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer
74years old at death
27,168days lived
59%of the people on this site died younger
Seamus Heaney was born on 13 April 1939 and died on 30 August 2013, aged 74 years and 139 days. That is 27,168 days in all.
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