Posts Tagged ‘dies’
Carl Machover, Computer Graphics Pioneer, Dies at 84
White Plains, NY (PRWEB) March 07, 2012 Carl Machover, a computer graphics “evangelist” and retired President of Machover Associates Corp., died Monday, at his home in White Plains, NY, after a prolonged illness. He was 84. Trained as an electrical engineer right after World War II, Machover began his career in an era when…
Read MoreBlues style rock and Roll artist Don Van Vliet dies aged 69
Best known for his stage name Captain Beefheart, musician and painter Don Vliet died in California from complications from multiple sclerosis. He fronted his band called Magic Band which rose to prominence in the 1960’s with a unique style of blues inspired rock and roll that would ultimately secure his place in music history as…
Read More