if the sun died out how long would it be before we all died?

Question: if the sun died out how long would it be before we all died?
- Keywords:
  died,
  heat,
  light,
  space,
  sun
Asked by francesca777 to Ed, Sam on 24 Jun 2011.
- Sam Tazzyman answered on 24 Jun 2011:
  
  We would not survive very long at all because nearly all life on Earth is dependent on the Sun’s energy. There would be no plants, and so no food for animals, and so no food for us.

Question: if the sun died out how long would it be before we all died?