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=== Death === [[File:Popper gravesite.jpg|thumb|Popper's gravesite in {{Interlanguage link|Lainzer Friedhof|de}} in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]]] Popper died of "complications of [[cancer]], [[pneumonia]] and [[kidney failure]]" in Kenley at the age of 92 on 17 September 1994.{{sfn|New York Times Obituaries}}<ref>{{harvnb|Opensociety}}: "Sir Karl Popper, a philosopher who was a defender of democratic systems of government, died today in a hospital here. He was 92. He died of complications of cancer, pneumonia and kidney failure, said a manager at the hospital in this London suburb."</ref> He had been working continuously on his philosophy until two weeks before when he suddenly fell terminally ill, writing his last letter two weeks before his death as well.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Popper |first=Karl |date=1994-09-03 |title=List of Western Literature on Popper Studies |url=http://fs1.law.keio.ac.jp/~popper/lastletter.html |access-date=2020-03-13 |website=Keio University |publisher=Japan Popper Philosophy Study Group |ref=none}}</ref>{{sfn|Miller|1994}} After cremation, his ashes were taken to Vienna and buried at Lainzer cemetery adjacent to the [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] Centre, where his wife Josefine Anna Popper (called "Hennie") had already been buried. Popper's estate is managed by his secretary and personal assistant Melitta Mew and her husband Raymond. Popper's manuscripts went to the [[Hoover Institution]] at [[Stanford University]], partly during his lifetime and partly as supplementary material after his death. The [[Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt|University of Klagenfurt]] acquired Popper's library in 1995. The Karl Popper Archives was established within the Klagenfurt University Library, holding Popper's library of approximately 6,000 books, including his precious bibliophilia, as well as hard copies of the original Hoover material and microfilms of the incremental material.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karl Popper Archives |url=https://www.aau.at/en/university-library-klagenfurt/karl-popper-archives/ |access-date=3 January 2023 |publisher=University of Klagenfurt}}</ref> The library as well as various other partial collections are open for researcher purposes. The remaining parts of the estate were mostly transferred to The Karl Popper Charitable Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2012 |title=The Karl Popper Charitable Trust |url=http://opencharities.org/charities/1059495 |access-date=21 December 2012 |publisher=OpenCharities}}</ref> In October 2008, the University of Klagenfurt acquired the copyrights from the estate.
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