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Kiichirō Furukawa

Japanese astronomer (1929-2016).

Born July 22nd, 1929 in Kurashiki. [ref]

Died June 29th, 2016 at 86 years old [ref]

Occupations
astronomer

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel