1936–1992
Mikhail Tal
Soviet-Latvian chess player
55years old at death
20,319days lived
23%of the people on this site died younger
Mikhail Tal was born on 9 November 1936 and died on 27 June 1992, aged 55 years and 231 days. That is 20,319 days in all.
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