1912–1985
Konstantin Chernenko
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
72years old at death
26,458days lived
55%of the people on this site died younger
Konstantin Chernenko was born on 1 October 1912 and died on 10 March 1985, aged 72 years and 160 days. That is 26,458 days in all.
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