Eduard Punset

Eduard Punset i Casals (9 November 1936 – 22 May 2019) was a Spanish politician, lawyer, economist and science popularise. He was a member of Adolfo Suárez's Union of the Democratic Centre. He served as a member of the Congress of Deputies from 1982 to 1983. He was later a member of the European Parliament between 1987 and 1994. He also wrote for the BBC and "The Economist". He was born in Barcelona, Catalonia.
Punset was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2007 but recovered. He died on 22 May 2019 of lung cancer in Barcelona. He was 82.