chilean way 1,899 Posted May 22, 2020 32 minutes ago, gcreptile said: What is lailasnews? That obituary looks less than serious. Edit: Well, the media outfit is clickbait, but the tweets seem real. I didn't find a better source or obit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted May 22, 2020 He’s certainly dead, person who tweeted the news out is very credible: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,899 Posted May 23, 2020 2 hours ago, chilean way said: I didn't find a better source or obit Another source from Society for Institutional & Organizational Economics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 18, 2020 Kirk R. Smith, who was among 300 scientists who shared the Nobel Prize with former Vice President Al Gore and who was a pioneering researcher in indoor air pollution, has died. He was 73. https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/06/18/kirk-r-smith-nobel-prize-recipient-and-environmental-health-giant-dies-at-73 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,623 Posted September 26, 2020 On 09/10/2019 at 11:10, Ulitzer95 said: Correct. Arthur Ashkin was 96 when he was awarded it last year. He was supposedly too frail to go in person to collect his award. ... and less than a year later Nobel laureate Arthur Askin (wiki) has died aged 98. That obituary went up 5 days ago. How on earth did nobody spot it? His Wiki page was only updated a few hours ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said: ... and less than a year later Nobel laureate Arthur Askin (wiki) has died aged 98. That obituary went up 5 days ago. How on earth did nobody spot it? His Wiki page was only updated a few hours ago. Potential for a 5th (!) DDP death on Sept 21st. If anybody but us notices... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted October 6, 2020 Roger Penrose got it now for his work on black holes. Could it elevate him up to DeathList status? Maybe part of the calculations of the committee was that Stephen Hawking didn't get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted October 6, 2020 On 26/09/2020 at 23:48, Ulitzer95 said: ... and less than a year later Nobel laureate Arthur Askin (wiki) has died aged 98. That obituary went up 5 days ago. How on earth did nobody spot it? His Wiki page was only updated a few hours ago. Now let's see if Ashkin gets an indirect QO mention. He's already been mentioned today on the BBC sites: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54420240 But it does not say that he died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted October 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Roger Penrose got it now for his work on black holes. Could it elevate him up to DeathList status? Maybe part of the calculations of the committee was that Stephen Hawking didn't get it. Penrose is an absolute legend and deserved it. I know him mainly through his works on tiling, which are fundamental to understand quasicrystals. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted October 6, 2020 I legit thought Roger Penrose won the Nobel Prize decades ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 7, 2020 Mario J. Molina, the 1995 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, has died. He was 77. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/357408 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted October 9, 2020 The Nobel prize for Peace has just been announced and you're not going to believe it, but President Donald J trump has NOT won it ! https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/09/nobel-peace-prize-goes-to-world-food-programme-for-fight-to-solve-global-hunger-13395392/ I know that will shock and stun many people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dying Probably 578 Posted October 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said: The Nobel prize for Peace has just been announced and you're not going to believe it, but President Donald J trump has NOT won it ! https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/09/nobel-peace-prize-goes-to-world-food-programme-for-fight-to-solve-global-hunger-13395392/ I know that will shock and stun many people. Oh what a surprise. Person who killed over 300k Americans with his incompetence doesn't get Prize for Peace. Surprised. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 13, 2020 Masatoshi Koshiba, a Japanese Nobel laureate for physics, has died. He was 94. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201113_15/ 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted November 13, 2020 5 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Masatoshi Koshiba, a Japanese Nobel laureate for physics, has died. He was 94. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201113_15/ Amazing character. For once, he was actually a bad student with low marks but fulfilled his goals anyway. He was known to be a die-hard fan of Final Fantasy, which is hard to believe about a man born in 1926. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,623 Posted December 15, 2020 On 05/02/2008 at 14:31, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: I have a feeling there used to be a thread for this, but it seems to have been decommissioned. So, here are the currently-still-breathing-and-over-85 (subject to wiki accuracy, of course) Nobel Prize laureates, all handily wiki-linked. Not household names, I grant you, but probably obit-worthy for the more discerning ‘pooler all the same. Many have been discussed in other threads, but I thought it’d be nice to drag them in under one umbrella. I’ve probably missed one or two; I’m not the most diligent of researchers. Physics: when will they quark it? Willis Lamb (Canadian Paul‘s very own CL-S), 94. Chen Ning Yang, 85. Charles Townes, 92. Aage Bohr (son of Nils), 85. Nicolaas Bloembergen, 87. Leon Lederman, 85. Jack Steinberger, 86. Norman Ramsey, 91. Hans Dehmelt, 85. Steinberger dead. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted December 15, 2020 55 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Steinberger dead. Only 2 left alive now from the original list of 48 .Edmond Fischer and Chen Ning Yang .You can check if you want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 16, 2020 On 13/11/2020 at 04:26, alt obits guy said: Masatoshi Koshiba, a Japanese Nobel laureate for physics, has died. He was 94. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201113_15/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/masatoshi-koshiba-scientist-who-shared-2002-nobel-prize-in-physics-dies-at-94/2020/11/14/2f29f6ec-25cf-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html im posting this link because the one you posted ‘was moved or expired’ inside of four days leading me to think maybe it was a hoax. It is not. But here is a legit link. SirCunto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted December 16, 2020 8 hours ago, CoffinLodger said: Only 2 left alive now from the original list of 48 .Edmond Fischer and Chen Ning Yang .You can check if you want. Zhenning will be the last survivor without any doubt. He is still doing relatively well and is two years younger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,585 Posted December 16, 2020 11 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Steinberger dead. No English language obituary yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted December 16, 2020 No, but media are always very slow with Nobel Prizes. He was living in Switzerland so local media were faster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted December 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: No English language obituary yet? Nobel Prize winning scientist in 2020 so of course not. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 16, 2020 12 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: No English language obituary yet? Well, he gets one from the New York Times now. Probably the only reliable English source for Nobel winners at this point tbh 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,417 Posted January 5, 2021 Martinus Veltman, Dutch scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999, reportedly has died. There are reputable reports from his family on Facebook and the scientific community, though no obituary as of yet. A DDP pick a few times. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I.R.Baboon 221 Posted January 6, 2021 14 hours ago, Thatcher said: Martinus Veltman, Dutch scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999, reportedly has died. There are reputable reports from his family on Facebook and the scientific community, though no obituary as of yet. A DDP pick a few times. My dutch newspaper had a very in-depth obit: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/01/06/een-voor-nederland-te-uitgesproken-gigant-a4026328. He always seemed like a nice guy to me, very smart and very stubborn. The obits mentions him wearing cowboy boots and driving a motor cycle. I read somewhere else he named his software (which would eventually lead to his nobel prize) schoonschip to annoy non-dutchies cause it would be impossible to pronounce the ch, which makes a scraping g-sound in dutch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites