Ruth Freitag, librarian to the stars, dies at 96
Ruth Freitag, librarian to the stars, dies at 96 Ruth Freitag with Isaac Asimov in August 1980. Freitag, a reference librarian at the Library of Congress for nearly a half-century, was unknown to the general public, died on Oct. 3, 2020 at a nursing home in Falls Church, Va. She was 96. Library of Congress via The New York Times. by Katharine Q. Seelye (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Isaac Asimov was enthralled with her and wrote her a limerick. Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan wrote in their introduction to Comet (1985) that one of the most pleasant experiences in writing this book was meeting her. N...
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