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1906 – 1978Kurt Gödel (1906-1978)Died 14 January 1978, aged 71Gödel was one of the most significant logicians in history, best known for his incompleteness theorems proving inherent limits to formal mathematical systems. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, of self-starvation brought on by paranoid delusions.