1921–2008
Hua Guofeng
2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China
87years old at death
31,962days lived
87%of the people on this site died younger
Hua Guofeng was born on 16 February 1921 and died on 20 August 2008, aged 87 years and 186 days. That is 31,962 days in all.
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