1899–1972
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist
72years old at death
26,607days lived
56%of the people on this site died younger
Yasunari Kawabata was born on 11 June 1899 and died on 16 April 1972, aged 72 years and 310 days. That is 26,607 days in all.
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