is carl sagan dead
Carl Sagan, an Astronomer Who Excelled at Popularizing Science, Is Dead at 62. Carl Sagan, an astronomer who became one of the nation's best-known scientists by enthusiastically conveying the wonders of the universe to millions of people on television and in books, died yesterday at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. He was 62 and lived in Ithaca, N.Y.