1963–2012
Whitney Houston
American singer, actress, and film producer
48years old at death
17,718days lived
14%of the people on this site died younger
Whitney Houston was born on 9 August 1963 and died on 11 February 2012, aged 48 years and 186 days. That is 17,718 days in all.
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- Murad III12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1546–159548 yrs
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Others who died at 48
- James Clerk MaxwellScottish physicist · 1831–187948 yrs
- Kahlil GibranLebanese-American writer, poet, and painter · 1883–193148 yrs
- Mikhail BulgakovRussian author · 1891–194048 yrs
- Charles I of EnglandKing of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 · 1600–164948 yrs
- Karel ČapekCzech writer · 1890–193848 yrs
- Al CaponeAmerican gangster · 1899–194748 yrs
- Leif EriksonNorse explorer · c. 972–1020c. 48 yrs
- Margaret MitchellAmerican author and journalist · 1900–194948 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 48
Also born on 9 August
- Jean PiagetSwiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic · 1896–198084 yrs
- Amedeo AvogadroItalian scientist · 1776–185679 yrs
- Giorgio VasariItalian painter, architect, writer and historian · 1511–157462 yrs
- Tove JanssonFinnish children's writer and illustrator · 1914–200186 yrs
- William Alfred FowlerAmerican nuclear physicist · 1911–199583 yrs
- Marvin Minsky ↗American cognitive scientist · 1927–201688 yrs
Famous people born on 9 August
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