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
You can now subscribe to our newsletter to enjoy personalized deathpulse updates delivered to your inbox!
Looking to doomscroll? Check out all the death that came in 2025.
Philippe Taquet
French paleontologist.
Born April 25th, 1940 in Saint-Quentin. [ref]
Died November 16th, 2025 at 85 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Occupations
paleontologist, research fellow, university teacher
Wikipedia
Subscribe!
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy