1938–2016
Islam Karimov
1st President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
78years old at death
28,705days lived
67%of the people on this site died younger
Islam Karimov was born on 30 January 1938 and died on 2 September 2016, aged 78 years and 216 days. That is 28,705 days in all.
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