1953–2001
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Tajik military leader
48years old at death
17,539days lived
14%of the people on this site died younger
Ahmad Shah Massoud was born on 2 September 1953 and died on 9 September 2001, aged 48 years and 7 days. That is 17,539 days in all.
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Also born on 2 September
- Wilhelm OstwaldBaltic German chemist · 1853–193278 yrs
- Frederick SoddyEnglish radiochemist · 1877–195679 yrs
- LiliʻuokalaniMonarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom · 1838–191779 yrs
- Arthur AshkinAmerican physicist · 1922–202098 yrs
- Bill Shankly ↗Scottish footballer and manager · 1913–198168 yrs
- Joseph Roth ↗Austrian novelist and journalist · 1894–193944 yrs
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