1831–1891
Helena Blavatsky
Russian occult writer
59years old at death
21,819days lived
29%of the people on this site died younger
Helena Blavatsky was born on 12 August 1831 and died on 8 May 1891, aged 59 years and 269 days. That is 21,819 days in all.
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