1920–2015
Richard von Weizsäcker
President of Germany from 1984 to 1994
94years old at death
34,624days lived
96%of the people on this site died younger
Richard von Weizsäcker was born on 15 April 1920 and died on 31 January 2015, aged 94 years and 291 days. That is 34,624 days in all.
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