Lake View Cemetery
Tompkins County
Memorial Page for Carl Sagan
Nov 9, 1934 – Dec 20, 1996(62 years)Died in:Seattle, King County
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author
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Carl Sagan (* November 9, 1934 in Brooklyn; † December 20, 1996 in Seattle) was an american astrophysicist, cosmologist and author. He was 62 years old. He had 3 wives. His education included University of Chicago and Rahway High School. His faith was agnosticism. He received 10 awards, including Solstice Award, Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. His cause of death was pneumonia. He was buried at Lake View Cemetery.
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14 EventsBorn in Brooklyn, New York
1934Married Lynn Margulis
1957until 1965
Married Linda Salzman Sagan
1968until 1981
Klumpke-Roberts Award
1974Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1978The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Humanist of the Year
1981Married Ann Druyan
1981until 1996
Leo Szilard Lectureship Award
1985Oersted Medal
1990Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science
1993Died in Seattle, King County (pneumonia)
1996Gerard P. Kuiper Prize
1998New Jersey Hall of Fame
2009Solstice Award
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Carl Sagan. Forever remembered.