DEATH MASK ☠
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Isaac Newton
1642 – 1727
THE MASK
Cast after death shows a man softened by age. Full cheeks, small mouth, the famous long nose. His expression is unexpectedly gentle for a man known for ferocious intellectual combativeness. The wig absent, his own thin hair visible at the temples.
CAUSE OF DEATH
Natural causes at age 84, after years of declining health
LEGACY
Invented calculus, defined the laws of motion and universal gravitation, and decomposed white light—any one of which would have secured immortality.
Memento mori · Remember that you will die