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How old was Carl Sagan when they saw 'Cosmos' premiere on TV?
Carl Sagan was 45 years old when they saw 'Cosmos' premiere on TV, on 28 September 1980.
Carl Sagan died 20 December 1996 at age 62 — 17 years after this milestone.
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later moved to Cornell, where he was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies. He played an active role in the Mariner, Viking and Voyager programs. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and several popular science books, starting with The Cosmic Connection. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Dragons of Eden. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential science communicators of his generation.
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