1932–2009
Ted Kennedy
United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009
77years old at death
28,309days lived
65%of the people on this site died younger
Ted Kennedy was born on 22 February 1932 and died on 25 August 2009, aged 77 years and 184 days. That is 28,309 days in all.
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Others who died at 77
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- Carl Friedrich GaussGerman mathematician and physicist · 1777–185577 yrs
- Le CorbusierSwiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer · 1887–196577 yrs
- Jules VerneFrench writer · 1828–190577 yrs
- Niels BohrDanish physicist · 1885–196277 yrs
- Nikita KhrushchevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 · 1894–197177 yrs
- Jonathan SwiftAnglo-Irish satirist and essayist · 1667–174577 yrs
- Joseph HaydnAustrian composer · 1732–180977 yrs
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Also born on 22 February
- George WashingtonFounding Father and first U.S. president · 1732–179967 yrs
- Arthur SchopenhauerGerman philosopher · 1788–186072 yrs
- Heinrich HertzGerman physicist · 1857–189436 yrs
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-PowellLieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement · 1857–194183 yrs
- Horst KöhlerGerman politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010 · 1943–202581 yrs
- Luis BuñuelSpanish-Mexican filmmaker · 1900–198383 yrs
Famous people born on 22 February
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