1953–1995
Teresa Teng
Taiwanese ROC singer
42years old at death
15,439days lived
8%of the people on this site died younger
Teresa Teng was born on 29 January 1953 and died on 8 May 1995, aged 42 years and 99 days. That is 15,439 days in all.
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- Ismail HaniyehHamas leader · 1962–202462 yrs
- Abdus SalamTheoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient · 1926–199670 yrs
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