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# bastard black hole
take consolation in the fact that their inventor has just carked it
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7347761.stm
(, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 12:26, archived)
# Oh bloody hell :(
Suppose that makes it a "tribute" then
(, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 12:30, archived)
# Wheeler had one hell of an innings, though
Feynman was his PhD student and popped his clogs back in the 80s.

Also I'd argue that Schwarzchild was probably the inventor of the modern black hole. Or Newman. Wheeler came up with the name.
(, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 12:52, archived)