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== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Computerhistory">{{Cite web |title=Dennis Ritchie |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Dennis,Ritchie/ |publisher=Computer History Museum|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103005313/http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Dennis,Ritchie/ |archive-date=January 3, 2015 |access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="NYTimes">{{Cite news |last1=Lohr |first1=Steve |date=October 12, 2011 |title=Dennis Ritchie, Programming Trailblazer, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725032530/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html |quote=Dennis M. Ritchie, who helped shape the modern digital era by creating software tools that power things as diverse as search engines like Google and smartphones, was found dead on Wednesday at his home in Berkeley Heights, N.J. He was 70. Mr. Ritchie, who lived alone, was in frail health in recent years after treatment for prostate cancer and heart disease, said his brother Bill. |access-date=October 13, 2011|archive-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref> <ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |date=October 13, 2011 |title=Unix creator Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15287391 |access-date=October 14, 2011 |quote=Pioneering computer scientist Dennis Ritchie has died after a long illness. ... The first news of Dr Ritchie's death came via Rob Pike, a former colleague who worked with him at Bell Labs. Mr Ritchie's passing was then confirmed in a statement from Alcatel-Lucent which now owns Bell Labs.}}</ref> <ref name="RobPike">{{Citation |first1=Rob |last1=Pike |author-link1=Rob Pike |date=October 12, 2011 |title=(untitled post to Google+) |url=https://plus.google.com/101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217120050/https://plus.google.com/101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP?hl=en |quote=I just heard that, after a long illness, Dennis Ritchie (dmr) died at home this weekend. I have no more information. |access-date=October 14, 2011|archive-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref> <!-- <ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news |last1=Campbell-Kelly |first1=Martin |date=October 13, 2011 |title=Dennis Ritchie obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/13/dennis-ritchie |work=The Guardian |quote=Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie, computer scientist, born 9 September 1941; died 12 October 2011 |access-date=October 13, 2011}}</ref> --> <ref name="WSJ-2018">{{Cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Stephen |date=2011-10-14 |title=Pioneer Programmer Shaped the Evolution of Computers |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204774604576629354123067080 |language=en-US |access-date=2018-03-03 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> <ref name="NJ-2011">{{Cite news |last1=Keill |first1=Liz |date=February 1, 2011 |title=Berkeley Heights man wins Japan Prize for inventing UNIX operating system |url=http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2011/02/japan_prize_for_unix_was_a_sur.html |publisher=Independent Press |access-date=October 17, 2011 |quote=Ritchie, 69, has lived in Berkeley Heights for 15 years. He was born in Bronxville, New York, grew up in Summit and attended Summit High School before going to Harvard University.}}</ref> <ref name="MPC-object">{{Cite web |title=294727 Dennisritchie (2008 BV41) |url=https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=294727 |website=Minor Planet Center |access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref> <ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive">{{Cite web |title=MPC/MPO/MPS Archive |url=https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html |website=Minor Planet Center |access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref> }}<!-- end of reflist -->
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