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Dennis M. Ritchie — Age & Birthday
Born: 9 September 1941 · Died: 12 October 2011 · Age at death: 70
How old was Dennis M. Ritchie when he died?
Dennis M. Ritchie died aged 70. He was born on 9 September 1941 and died on 12 October 2011.
Computer scientist who created the C programming language
Did you know?He was also a key developer of the Unix operating system, which laid the foundation for much of modern computing.
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist.
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- Age at death
- 70
- Would be
- 85
- Years since death
- 15
- Born
- September 9, 1941 · Bronxville, United States
- Died
- October 12, 2011
- Cause of death
- Testicular cancer
- Nationality
- American
- Known for
- Technology, Science, Literature
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