Den 13. april 2008 døde Wheeler af [[lungebetændelse]] i en alder af 96 år i [[Hightstown]], [[New Jersey]].<ref name="New York Times-2008-04-14-Overbye">{{Kilde nyheder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/science/14wheeler.html |title=John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term 'Black Hole', Is Dead at 96. |last=Overbye |first=Dennis |date=14. april 2008 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=15. april 2008 |quote=John A. Wheeler, a visionary physicist and teacher who helped invent the theory of nuclear fission, gave black holes their name and argued about the nature of reality with Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, died Sunday morning at his home at Meadow Lakes in Hightstown, N.J. He was 96. |author-link=Dennis Overbye}}</ref>
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