Michael Dertouzos' cause of death

Michael Dertouzos' cause of death

Michael Dertouzos died suddenly at Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday 27 August 2001. It was reported that he had been battling medical problems over the summer, but that he had been recovering well, and that his death came as a shock to friends. He was just 64 years old.

An autopsy was performed and while the results were never made public, an MIT spokesperson suggested that Michael had died of heart failure.

He was survived by his wife Catherine and his two daughters, Leonidas and Alexandra. He also had one granddaughter at the time of his death.

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Dertouzos is remembered for championing the internet before the majority of people could see how powerful and influential it would become. He anticipated just how crucial it would be for our day to day lives.

He wrote a number of books, including What Will Be: How the New World of Information Will Change Our Lives.

“If we strip the hype away,” he wrote in the book, “a simple, crisp and inevitable picture emerges - of an Information Marketplace where people and their computers will buy, sell and freely exchange information and information work.”