1958–2006
Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist
48years old at death
17,570days lived
14%of the people on this site died younger
Anna Politkovskaya was born on 30 August 1958 and died on 7 October 2006, aged 48 years and 38 days. That is 17,570 days in all.
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