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> ...the man who despite believing in the necessity and inevitability of it all, took his own life (Oppenheimer),... J. Robert Oppenheimer passed away from com
by yourapostasy 8y ago
> ...the man who despite believing in the necessity and inevitability of it all, took his own life (Oppenheimer),...
J. Robert Oppenheimer passed away from complications of throat cancer. It was Katherine "Toni" Oppenheimer Silber his daughter, who took her own life.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer#Final_years_and_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer#Final_ye...
- toufiqbarhamov 8y agoWow... I’m truly shocked that I’ve had such a strange misconception about how Oppenheimer died for decades! Thanks for clearing that up, I stand very much corrected.