At what age did Chandrasekhar pass away?
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar passed away at the age of 84. He was an Indian astrophysicist who is best known for his work on the stability of white dwarfs and black holes. Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore, British India, in 1910. He studied at the University of Madras and the University of Cambridge. In 1935, he published his seminal work on the stability of white dwarfs.
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