Karl Heinz Beckurts was a German physicist and research manager.
With Karl Wirtz, he wrote a textbook on neutron physics. He was co-editor of the journal Nukleonik.
Along with his driver, Eckhard Groppler, Beckurts was murdered by a roadside bomb... Wikipedia
Born: May 16, 1930, Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Died: July 9, 1986 (age 56 years), Straßlach-Dingharting, Germany