dirtnapp / is juris upatnieks alive or dead?
Juris Upatnieks
Latvian-American physicist and inventor (born 1936), one of the inventors of the hologram
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1936
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 90
- known for
- physicist, inventor, holographer
1936 – 2026
where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Juris Upatnieks in 2026, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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