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Ari Ben-Menahem German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist dead at age 97

Ari Ben-Menahem: key obituary facts

Is Ari Ben-Menahem dead? Yes. Ari Ben-Menahem died on April 9, 2026, at age 97.

Cause of death: Ari Ben-Menahem's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.

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Ari Ben-Menahem was a German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist.

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Born: (1928-11-04) 4 November 1928 (age 97)Berlin.

Ari Ben-Menahem, a German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist, died on April 9, 2026.

He was 97. Born in Berlin on November 4, 1928, he was a professor of mathematics and geophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science from 1964 and also served as a visiting professor at MIT.

Ben-Menahem was a seismologist, author, polymath, and historian of science. He received a master’s degree in physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1954 and a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology in 1961.

Ari Ben-Menahem, 97, German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist.

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