Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.

Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions

Helmut Gröttrup

German engineer and inventor of the smart card (1916-1981).

Born February 12th, 1916 in Cologne.

Died July 4th, 1981 at 65 years old in Munich.

Occupations
aerospace engineer, engineer, inventor, physicist

A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu