1929–1984
Tigran Petrosian
Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion
55years old at death
20,146days lived
22%of the people on this site died younger
Tigran Petrosian was born on 17 June 1929 and died on 13 August 1984, aged 55 years and 57 days. That is 20,146 days in all.
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- Igor StravinskyRussian, French, and American composer · 1882–197188 yrs
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