1839–1881
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Russian composer
42years old at death
15,348days lived
8%of the people on this site died younger
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born on 21 March 1839 and died on 28 March 1881, aged 42 years and 7 days. That is 15,348 days in all.
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- Joseph FourierFrench mathematician and physicist · 1768–183062 yrs
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- Ali Abdullah SalehPresident of North Yemen (1978–1990) and Yemen · 1947–201770 yrs
- Jean PaulGerman Romantic writer · 1763–182562 yrs
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