1942–2022
José Eduardo dos Santos
President of Angola from 1979 to 2017
79years old at death
29,169days lived
70%of the people on this site died younger
José Eduardo dos Santos was born on 28 August 1942 and died on 8 July 2022, aged 79 years and 314 days. That is 29,169 days in all.
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