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10/14/2011

Dennis Ritchie, 70, Dies, Programming Trailblazer

Dennis M. Ritchie, who helped shape the modern digital era by creating software tools that power things as diverse as search engines like Google and smartphones, was found dead on Wednesday at his home in Berkeley Heights, N.J. He was 70.

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