In which U.S. city did Carl Sagan die in 1996?

Carl Sagan died in Seattle, Washington, in 1996.

Sagan died on December 20, 1996, at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. He had been suffering from myelodysplasia, a disorder affecting blood-forming cells, and had undergone three bone-marrow transplants, including donations from his sister. Pneumonia ultimately caused his death at age 62.

Seattle is sometimes confused with Ithaca because Sagan spent nearly three decades at Cornell University and lived there for much of his professional life. Ithaca was also where he was buried, at Lake View Cemetery, but it was not the city where he died. New York City was his birthplace, not his place of death.

By the time of his death, Sagan was internationally known for Cosmos, his work on planetary science and space exploration, and his advocacy for the search for extraterrestrial life. His final illness ended a career that connected academic research with unusually effective public communication.