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==Personal life== Curl married Jonel Whipple in 1955, with whom he had two children. He [[Bicycle commuting|cycled]] to his office and lab and every week played bridge with the Rice Bridge Brigade. Curl died in [[Houston]] on July 3, 2022, at the age of 88.<ref name=":8">{{cite news |author=Jade Boyd |date=July 4, 2022 |title=Nobel laureate, beloved Rice professor Robert Curl dead at 88 |url=https://news.rice.edu/news/2022/nobel-laureate-beloved-rice-professor-robert-curl-dead-88 |access-date=July 5, 2022 |work=Rice University}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Durrani |first1=Jamie |title=Chemistry Nobel laureate Robert Curl dies at 88 |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemistry-nobel-laureate-robert-curl-dies-at-88/4015908.article |magazine=[[Chemistry World]] |access-date=26 July 2022 |language=en |date=5 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="WaPoObit">{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Brian |title=Robert Curl, Nobel-winning chemist in 'buckyball' discovery, dies at 88 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/07/06/robert-curl-dies-buckyball-chemistry/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=6 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="NYTObit">{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Kenneth |title=Robert F. Curl Jr., Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/science/robert-f-curl-jr-dead.html |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=20 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=NatureObit/>
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