Alexander Borodin Death Cause and Date

Alexander Borodin's Death

Born (Birthday) November 12, 1833

Death Date February 27, 1887

Age of Death 53 years

Cause of Death Heart Attack

Profession Composer

The composer Alexander Borodin died at the age of 53. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Remembered for his symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia; his Symphony No. 2 in B minor; his String Quartets no. 1 & 2; and his operatic work Prince Igor, this nineteenth-century Romantic composer belonged to a prominent circle of Russian nationalist composers known as “The Five.”

The illegitimate child of Evdokia Konstantinovna Antonova and Georgian aristocrat Luka Gedevanishvili, he spent his youth in St. Petersburg, Russia. His marriage to pianist Ekaterina Protopopova resulted in a daughter named Gania.