1940–1993
Frank Zappa
American musician
52years old at death
19,341days lived
19%of the people on this site died younger
Frank Zappa was born on 21 December 1940 and died on 4 December 1993, aged 52 years and 348 days. That is 19,341 days in all.
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- Al-GhazaliPersian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic · c. 1058–1111c. 53 yrs
- Honorius IPope · c. AD 585–638c. 53 yrs
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Others who died at 52
- William ShakespeareEnglish playwright and poet · 1564–161652 yrs
- Peter the GreatTsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725 · 1672–172552 yrs
- Abu Nuwas8th-century classical Arabic poet · c. AD 762–814c. 52 yrs
- Gamal Abdel NasserPresident of Egypt from 1956 to 1970 · 1918–197052 yrs
- Grace KellyAmerican actress and Princess consort of Monaco · 1929–198252 yrs
- Erwin RommelGerman field marshal · 1891–194452 yrs
- Gotthold Ephraim LessingGerman writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic · 1729–178152 yrs
- Pliny the YoungerRoman lawyer, author and magistrate · c. AD 61–113c. 52 yrs
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Also born on 21 December
- Benjamin DisraeliBritish statesman · 1804–188176 yrs
- Heinrich BöllGerman writer · 1917–198567 yrs
- Thomas SankaraPresident of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987 · 1949–198737 yrs
- Kurt WaldheimAustrian politician and diplomat · 1918–200788 yrs
- Leopold von RankeGerman historian and founder of modern source-based history · 1795–188690 yrs
- Paco de Lucía ↗Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician · 1947–201466 yrs
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