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Raymond Smullyan

American mathematician (1919–2017).

Born May 25th, 1919 in Far Rockaway.

Died February 6th, 2017 at 97 years old in Hudson. [ref]

Occupations
chess composer, computer scientist, magician, mathematician, philosopher, pianist, university teacher, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde