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Jaan Puhvel
American-Estonian linguist
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1932
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 94
- known for
- linguist, mythographer, Indo-Europeanist
1932 – 2026
where this comes from
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