Astronomer and put it surprise wedding off their Carl Sagan died of pneumonia today at the age of 62 after a two-year battle with a rare blood disorder that led to cancer a gifted storyteller Sagan explored the mystery of the universe in lectures books and an acclaimed television series he died today of pneumonia after a two-year battle with bone marrow disease the astronomer educator and Pulitzer prize-winning author died of pneumonia at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center astronomer educator and Arthur Carl Sagan died this morning of pneumonia at a Cancer Center in Seattle he had been undergoing treatment for a bone marrow disease for two years King fives Cathy Kimura joins us in the newsroom now with those details Cathy Carl Sagan brought the cosmos to common people Carl Sagan passed away today he had pneumonia a complication of his bone cancer Sagan's name was synonymous with astronomy he made the study of the Stars more interesting he did so enthusiastically and he was always excited about discoveries made in outer space second came close to death twice after being diagnosed with a blood disease in 1994 to the American scientist teacher author television communicator Carl Sagan he died today the country loses a great enthusiast he helped millions of us to see farther and understand what we were seeing that means at the very least that there is a source of water on the moon only two weeks ago he told head complement he was confident he was getting there I'm terrific I've been very very lucky and it looks like we will miss Carl Sagan Americans were first introduced to dr. Sagan the astronomer back in the 1970s the moon shots were finished as NASA embarked on less glamorous projects but Carl Sagan was able to keep Public Interest alive by making it also appealing he wrote 30 books won a Pulitzer Prize the author and astronomers became a regular on The Tonight Show you want to go explore Ian the New York Public Library is where a young Carl Sagan first discovered astronomy and by the time he was 26 he had earned his doctorate in stro physics he taught first at Harvard while working for NASA he moved on to Cornell to begin a 30-year career as a teacher dr.

Sagan was convinced that we are not alone in the universe he said he would hate to die and never know for sure but he died this morning in Seattle from pneumonia the complication of a bone marrow transplant at 62 a short life for a science teacher who's done a lot to put life in perspective I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust and so we choose obviously Carl Sagan from when I was a little kid he said the only thing I really wanted to be was a scientist to interrogate nature that's where the fun is and that's what he helped us discover as well Carl Sagan who died today left millions of fans around the world when he died early today at 62 he was the first celebrity astronomer because he was the one man who could explain it all he made the complexities of the universe understandable he made the cosmos fascinating Carl Sagan was the people scientist as a child growing up in depression-era New York his imagination was captured by the Stars and he decided to become an astronomer and later he became a star it was the PBS series cosmos that made the academic of celebrity for 13 episodes it retraced the evolution of the universe and was watched by at least 500 million people around the world for Sagan it was all about sharing his love of science we find a grand issues like the origin nature and fate of the universe Susan Bonner looks at Sagan's life and work the planets of the galaxy might be filled with microorganisms his name has become synonymous with his field of study space Carl Sagan explored it with rigorous science disgusted with passion you're stuck on one world then you only know about what's possible on one world I'd like to begin with just a personal remark been in Seattle for the last.

Five months fighting a life-threatening illness which it looks as if I've surmounted and Sagan to return occasionally to Hutchison for treatment he was admitted when his condition worsened about two to three weeks ago when he died Seguin was surrounded by family are we an exceptionally unlikely accident or is the universe of brimming over with intelligence he spoke a language regular people could understand he wrote books even had his own television series and this is where we live yeah.