1896–1968
Trygve Lie
1st Secretary-General of the United Nations
72years old at death
26,464days lived
55%of the people on this site died younger
Trygve Lie was born on 16 July 1896 and died on 30 December 1968, aged 72 years and 167 days. That is 26,464 days in all.
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