Memorial Page for Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian neurologist
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April 22nd, 2026
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Rita Levi-Montalcini (* April 22, 1909 in Turin; † December 30, 2012 in Nomentano) was an italian neurologist. She was 103 years old. She studied at University of Turin. Her faith was Judaism. She received 9 awards, including Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, National Medal of Science. Her cause of death was cardiac arrest. She was buried at Monumental Cemetery of Turin.
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9 EventsBorn in Turin, Piedmont
1909Rosenstiel Award
1981Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
1983Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1986Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
1986Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
1986Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
1987National Medal of Science
1987Died in United States (cardiac arrest)
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Rita Levi-Montalcini. Forever remembered.