1928–2008
Chingiz Aĭtmatov
Soviet and Kyrgyz author
79years old at death
29,035days lived
69%of the people on this site died younger
Chingiz Aĭtmatov was born on 12 December 1928 and died on 10 June 2008, aged 79 years and 181 days. That is 29,035 days in all.
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