dirtnapp / is robert jarvik alive or dead?
Robert Jarvik
American inventor, creator of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1946
- died
- 2025
- age at death
- 79
- known for
- inventor, cardiologist
1946 – 2025
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where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Robert Jarvik in 2025, 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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