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Julius Robert Oppenheimer (22 April 1904 â 18 February 1967) was an American physicist and the scientific director of the Manhattan Project.
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 18--Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear physicist, died here tonight at the age of 62. A spokesman for the family said Dr. Oppenheimer died at 8 o'clock in his home on the grounds of the Institute for Advanced Study. He had been ailing since early last year with cancer of the throat.