Engineer and inventor; creator of the computer mouse; the visionary who quite literally foresaw interactive computing and who created the Digital Age -- via the New York Times.
Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
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Elliott Reed
Actor -- via Broadway World. Best remembered as Jane Russell's boyfriend in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and as Fred MacMurray's nemesis in the original "Absent-Minded Professor" films. Worked on TV, stage, ad started in radio with the Mercury Theater.
Rick Barber
Radio talk-show host -- via the Denver Post. Rick was a 30-year fixture at KOA-AM on the overnight shift. He could and would talk to anyone about anything, with style, wit and grace.
Vince Montana Jr.
Vibraphonist, percussionist, composer, writer, arranger, and producer -- via The Key. A key member of Gamble & Huff's MFSB, and of Salsoul, one of the primary architects of The Sound of Philadelphia.
John D. Wilson
Animator and illustrator -- via the Guardian. Worked on a number of significant projects, both large and small, including "Petrouschka," "Peter Pan," "The Lady and the Tramp," commercial work with Stan Freberg, "Irma la Douce," "Grease," "Thief of Baghdad" (1940), Lean's "Great Expectations," and many more.
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