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Eugene Merle Shoemaker

American geologist and astronomer.

Born April 28th, 1928 in Los Angeles.

Died July 18th, 1997 at 69 years old in Alice Springs (traffic collision).

Occupations
astronomer, geologist
Wikipedia
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs