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1918 – 1988Richard Feynman (1918-1988)Died 15 February 1988, aged 69Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics. He also served on the panel investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and was widely known for his popular science writing. He died of cancer in Los Angeles.