1931–2018
Riccardo Giacconi
Italian-American astrophysicist
87years old at death
31,841days lived
86%of the people on this site died younger
Riccardo Giacconi was born on 6 October 1931 and died on 9 December 2018, aged 87 years and 64 days. That is 31,841 days in all.
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- Ernest WaltonIrish physicist and Nobel laureate · 1903–199591 yrs
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