Question: Who developed an automaton that is similar to "Life without Death"?

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Rule 110: The Rule 110 cellular automaton (often simply Rule 110) is an elementary cellular automaton with interesting behavior on the boundary between stability and chaos.  In this respect, it is similar to Conway's Game of Life.  Like Life, Rule 110 is known to be Turing complete.  This implies that, in principle, any calculation or computer program can be simulated using this automaton.

Tryin' to Live My Life Without You: "Trying to Live My Life Without You" or "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" is a song written by Eugene Williams, originally popularized by soul singer Otis Clay.  In early 1973 it reached #102 on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under chart.  It has since been covered by several other artists, most notably Bob Seger on his 1981 "Nine Tonight" album, and Brinsley Schwarz.  On February 17, 1973, Clay performed the song on "Soul Train".

Wolfgang J. Lutz: Wolfgang J. Lutz (May 27, 1913 – 19 September 2010) was an Austrian inventor, physician and author of Leben ohne Brot.  He showed how, with little recourse to surgery or drugs, fundamental improvement could be made to health through low carbohydrate nutrition; Lutz demonstrated, inter alia, a probable way of preventing the huge and mounting toll exacted by obesity and diabetes.  To honour this contribution, Lutz was made a Freeman of the City of London in 2007.  His book with Christian Allan: Life without Bread: How a low-carbohydrate diet can save your life is still in print after 16 years.  Recently a biography has been published: My Life without Bread: Dr Lutz at 90, which includes a complete list of his publications, also: Uncle Wolfi's Secret, which explores the work of Dr Lutz in everyday language.

Life without Death: Life without Death is a cellular automaton, similar to Conway's Game of Life and other Life-like cellular automaton rules.  In this cellular automaton, an initial seed pattern grows according to the same rule as in Conway's Game of Life; however, unlike Life, patterns never shrink.  The rule was originally considered by , who called it "Inkspot"; it has also been called "Flakes".  In contrast to the more complex patterns that exist within Conway's Game of Life, Life without Death commonly features still life patterns, in which no change occurs, and "ladder" patterns, that grow in a straight line.

Frank Cole: Frank Cole (1954 – 2000) was an award-winning Canadian documentary filmmaker and avid surfer who became the first North American to cross the Sahara alone on camel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, in 1990.  This epic odyssey earned Cole a place in the "Guinness Book of World Records".  His documentary "Life Without Death" chronicled his experience and won him several prestigious awards as well as being released theatrically in Paris.

Nine Tonight: Nine Tonight is a live album by American rock band Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music).  The album was recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan, in June 1980 and at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts in October 1980.  With the exception of three tracks - "Nine Tonight", "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" and "Let It Rock" - the album is composed entirely of songs drawn from Seger's three previous studio albums.  Only "Let It Rock" was repeated from the previous live album "Live Bullet". " Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" was a U.S. top 5 pop hit, peaking at #5.  The album's title track was originally recorded for the "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack album.

Wadih el-Hage: Wadih Elias el-Hage (Arabic: وديع الحاج‎ ‎ , "Wadī‘ al-Ḥāj") (born July 25, 1960) is a former al-Qaeda member who is serving life imprisonment in the United States for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings.  He was indicted and arrested in 1998, and convicted on all counts and sentenced to life without parole in 2001.  His sentence was overturned in 2008 because it was based on federal mandatory sentencing guidelines invalidated by the US Supreme Court in 2005.  He was re-sentenced to life without parole in 2013.  El-Hage and his co-defendants are currently in the supermax prison known as ADX Florence.

Conway's Game of Life: The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.

Life imprisonment in the United States: In the United States, 1 in every 2,000 residents is imprisoned for life.  This is similar to the total imprisonment rate in Japan, which is roughly 51 per 100,000 residents.  There are many U.S. states where a convict can be released on parole after a decade or more has passed.  For example, sentences of "15 years to life", "25 years to life", or "life with mercy" may be given; this is called an "indeterminate life sentence", while a sentence of "life without the possibility of parole" or "life without mercy" is called a "determinate life sentence".  Even when a sentence specifically denies the possibility of parole, government officials may have the power to grant amnesty or reprieves, or commute a sentence to time served.

Highlife (cellular automaton): Highlife is a cellular automaton similar to Conway's Game of Life.  It was devised in 1994 by Nathan Thompson.  It is a two-dimensional, two-state cellular automaton in the "Life family" and is described by the rule B36/S23; that is, a cell is born if it has 3 or 6 neighbors and survives if it has 2 or 3 neighbors.  Because the rules of HighLife and Conway's Life (rule B3/S23) are similar, many simple patterns in Conway's Life function identically in HighLife.  More complicated engineered patterns for one rule, though, typically do not work in the other rule.

Supporting paragraphs: Life without Death Conway's Game of Life
Answer: John Horton Conway