1880–1921
Alexander Blok
Russian poet
40years old at death
14,861days lived
7%of the people on this site died younger
Alexander Blok was born on 28 November 1880 and died on 7 August 1921, aged 40 years and 252 days. That is 14,861 days in all.
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