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1927–2006

Ferenc Puskás

Hungarian association football player

79years old at death
29,085days lived
69%of the people on this site died younger

Ferenc Puskás was born on 1 April 1927 and died on 17 November 2006, aged 79 years and 230 days. That is 29,085 days in all.

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