Wendy Freedman

Wendy Freedman died on June 16, 2026. Wendy Freedman was known publicly as a Wendy Freedman, Founder of Beloved Vintage Boutique Polkadots and Moonbeams and Dies at 66. Wendy Laurel Freedman (born July 17, 1957) is a Canadian-American astronomer, best known for her measurement of the Hubble constant, and as director of the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, and Las Campanas, Chile. She is now the John & Marion Sullivan University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Her principal research interests are in observational cosmology, focusing on measuring both the current and past expansion rates of the universe, and on understanding if there is missing physics in the standard (Lambda Cold Dark Matter) cosmological model. In 2025, Time magazine listed her as one of the world's 100 most influential people. Public biographical listings identify Freedman as a Wendy Freedman. Freedman was also associated with Founder of Beloved Vintage Boutique Polkadots and Moonbeams and Dies at 66. This public record remains centered on Freedman's work as a Wendy Freedman, Founder of Beloved Vintage Boutique Polkadots and Moonbeams and Dies at 66 and the documented milestones of that career.