1888–1942
José Raúl Capablanca
Cuban chess player
53years old at death
19,466days lived
20%of the people on this site died younger
José Raúl Capablanca was born on 19 November 1888 and died on 8 March 1942, aged 53 years and 109 days. That is 19,466 days in all.
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