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Zhores Alferov

Soviet-russian physicist (1930–2019).

Born March 15th, 1930 in Vitebsk.

Died March 1st, 2019 at 88 years old in Saint Petersburg (malignant hypertension). [ref]

Occupations
inventor, physicist, politician
Wikipedia

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