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Dec 19, 1996 · Carl E. Sagan, the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, died today, Dec. 20, 1996, in Seattle, Wash., after a two-year battle with a bone marrow disease. The cause of death was pneumonia.
Carl Edward Sagan ( / ˈseɪɡən /; SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, and science communicator.
Sagan died of pneumonia at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, where he had a bone-marrow transplant in April 1995, a center spokeswoman said. The center had identified his...
Dec 20, 2010 · Sagan was 62 when he died from the complications of myelodysplasia, a blood deficiency linked to anemia and leukemia. Source: Various. Photo: Astronomer Carl Sagan explores the mysteries of the...
Dec 20, 1996 · Astronomer Carl Sagan, a gifted storyteller who extolled and explored the grandeur and mystery of the universe in lectures, books and an acclaimed TV series, died here today after a two-year battle...
Dec 21, 1996 · Sagan died of pneumonia at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, after a two-year battle with a rare precancerous blood disease called myelodysplasia. He was surrounded by...
Dec 21, 1996 · Carl Sagan, an astronomer who became one of the nation's best-known scientists by enthusiastically conveying the wonders of the universe to millions of people on television and in books, died...
Dec 20, 1996 · Astronomer Carl Sagan, who extolled and explored the universe in lectures, books and an acclaimed TV series, died Friday of pneumonia after a two-year battle with the bone marrow disease ...
Jan 1, 1997 · American astronomy lost its clearest and most colorful public voice with the death of Carl Sagan on 20 December 1996, at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, as an immediate result of pneumonia, secondary to myelodysplasia.
Carl Sagan, an astronomer who became one of the nation's best-known scientists by enthusiastically conveying the wonders of the universe to millions of people on television and in books, died...
