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- ↑ "Being 97 (2018)". IMDB. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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External links
- Being 97 (Aeon video of Herbert Fingarette pondering "the meaning of it all" in 2018, the year of his death)
- A 97-Year-Old Philosopher Faces His Own Death on YouTube, The Atlantic, January 14, 2020
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| Born | Herbert Borenstein January 20, 1921 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 2, 2018 (aged 97) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | Leslie Josephine Swabacker (m. 1945;died 2011) |
| Children | 1 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA, PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald Piatt |
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