'''Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie''' ({{lahirmati||9|9|1941||12|10|2011}})<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite web |author = Steve Lohr |title = Dennis Ritchie, Programming Trailblazer, Dies at 70 |publisher = The New York Times |date = 12 October 2011 |url = http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html?hp |accessdate = 17 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=BBC>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15287391|title=Unix creator Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70|date=2011-10-13|accessdate=2011-10-13|publisher=BBC News }}</ref><ref name=RobPike>{{cite web |author = Rob Pike |title = (untitled post to Google+) |url = https://plus.google.com/u/0/101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP?hl=en#101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP |date = 12 October 2011 |accessdate = 17 October 2011}}</ref> adalah seorang [[Ilmu komputer|ilmuwan komputer]] yang dikenal atas sumbangsihnya membuat [[bahasa pemrograman]] [[bahasa pemrograman C|C]] dan berbagai [[sistem operasi]] seperti [[Multics]] dan [[Unix]]. Ritchie menerima penghargaan [[Turing Award]] pada tahun 1983 dan National Medal of Technology 1998 pada 21 April 1999. Ia menjabat sebagai kepala Departemen Riset [[Perangkat lunak sistem|Perangkat lunak Sistem]] di [[Lucent Technologies]] saat pensiun pada tahun 2007.
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Dennis Ritchie ditemukan meninggal dunia pada 12 Oktober 2011 dalam usia 70 tahun, di rumah yang ditinggalinya sendiri, di [[Berkeley Heights]], [[New Jersey]].<ref name=NYTimes/> Berita kematiannya diketahui pertama kali dari seorang mantan koleganya, Rob Pike.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=RobPike/> Penyebab dan waktu kematian belum diketahui secara pasti.<ref>{{cite news|author = Associated Press|title = Summary Box: Dennis Ritchie, pioneer in computer programming at Bell Labs, dies at 70|publisher = The Washington Post|date = 13 October 2011|url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/summary-box-dennis-ritchie-pioneer-in-computer-programming-at-bell-labs-dies-at-70/2011/10/13/gIQAFKC7hL_story.html|accessdate = 17 October 2011}}</ref> Ritchie diketahui berada dalam kondisi kesehatan yang lemah sejak beberapa tahun lalu setelah menjalani pengobatan kanker prostat dan penyakit jantung.<ref name=NYTimes/><ref>{{cite web|last=Gallagher|first=Sean|title=Dennis Ritchie, Father of C and Co-Developer of Unix, Dies|url=http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/dennis-ritchie/|accessdate=14 October 2011|date=13 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=BBC/><ref>{{cite web|last=Binstock|first=Andrew|title=Dennis Ritchie, in Memoriam|url=http://drdobbs.com/cpp/231900742?cid=DDJ_nl_upd_2011-10-13_h|work=Dr. Dobb's Journal|publisher=Dr. Dobb's Journal|accessdate=14 October 2011}}</ref> Kematiannya hanya berselang satu minggu setelah kematian [[Steve Jobs]], namun tidak terlalu banyak menjadi topik pemberitaan media massa.<ref name=Humphrey>{{cite news|author=Michael Humphrey|title=The Inevitable Steve Jobs vs. Dennis Ritchie Discussion|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelhumphrey/2011/10/14/the-inevitable-steve-jobs-vs-dennis-ritchie-discussion/|accessdate=14 October 2011|publisher=Forbes|date=14 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Mearian>{{cite news|author=Lucas Mearian|title=Dennis Ritchie and Steve Jobs -- quite the juxtaposition|url=http://blogs.computerworld.com/19097/dennis_ritchie_and_steve_jobs_quite_the_juxtaposition|accessdate=14 October 2011|publisher=Computer World|date=October 13, 2011}}</ref> Seorang ahli sejarah komputer, Paul Ceruzzi mengatakan pengaruh keduanya dalam perkembangan dunia teknologi komputer adalah sebanding.<ref>{{cite news|author=Emily Langer|title=Dennis Ritchie, founder of Unix and C, dies at 70|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dennis-ritchie-founder-of-unix-and-c-dies-at-70/2011/10/13/gIQAXsVXiL_story.html|accessdate=16 October 2011|publisher=Washington Post|date=14 October 2011}}</ref>
