Editing Paul Samuelson (section)

===Death===
Samuelson died after a brief illness on December 13, 2009, at the age of 94.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news | title = Nobel economics laureate Samuelson died at 94 | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BC15620091213 | publisher = Reuters | date=December 14, 2006}}
</ref> His death was announced by the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name="NYTs 2009 Dec 13" /> [[James M. Poterba]], an economics professor at MIT and the president of the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]], commented that Samuelson "leaves an immense legacy, as a researcher and a teacher, as one of the giants on whose shoulders every contemporary economist stands".<ref name="Reuters" /> [[Susan Hockfield]], the president of MIT, said that Samuelson "transformed everything he touched: the theoretical foundations of his field, the way economics was taught around the world, the ethos and stature of his department, the investment practices of MIT, and the lives of his colleagues and students".<ref name="revo">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6806318/Economics-revolutionary-Paul-Samuelson-dies-aged-94.html "Economics revolutionary Paul Samuelson dies aged 94"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', December 14, 2009</ref> His second wife died in 2019.