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Martin David Kruskal

American mathematician (1925-2006).

Born September 28th, 1925 in New York City.

Died December 26th, 2006 at 81 years old in Princeton (stroke). [ref]

Occupations
lecturer, mathematician, physicist, university teacher, writer

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