56th Anniversary of Einstein's Death

Yesterday marked the 56th anniversary of Albert Einstein's Death.  He died in Princeton, New Jersey on April 18, 1955.  The immediate cause was a ruptured abdominal aneurysm.  Einstein had been admitted about a month earlier.  But he refused surgery, saying: "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."