1873–1921
Enrico Caruso
Italian opera singer
48years old at death
17,690days lived
14%of the people on this site died younger
Enrico Caruso was born on 24 February 1873 and died on 2 August 1921, aged 48 years and 159 days. That is 17,690 days in all.
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Also born on 24 February
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- Chester W. NimitzUnited States Navy fleet admiral · 1885–196680 yrs
- Bettino Craxi ↗Italian politician · 1934–200065 yrs
- Bingu wa Mutharika ↗Malawi politician and economist · 1934–201278 yrs
- Wilhelm Grimm ↗German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends · 1786–185973 yrs
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