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World-renowned astronomer Donald C. Backer dies at age 66

Don Backer, a professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a world leader in the field of radio astronomy, died on Sunday, July 25, after collapsing outside his home. He was 66.
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Donald C. Backer (November 9, 1943 - July 25, 2010) was an American astrophysicist best known for his work on pulsars, particularly his role in the discovery of PSR B1937+21, the first millisecond pulsar.
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Don Backer, astrophysicist and discoverer of millisecond pulsars, dies at 66

Don Backer, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley who discovered the first millisecond pulsar, died on 25 July. He was director of Berkeley's Radio Astronomy Laboratory and the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) in Hat Creek, California - a collection of 42 dishes that recently began scanning the sky and searching for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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