Death
After suffering from myelodysplasia, and receiving three bone marrow transplants, Sagan died of pneumonia at the age of 62 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, on December 20, 1996. His remains were buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Ithaca, New York.
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And that its shapes the busy thoughts outnumber
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