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Ray Dolby

American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system (1933-2013).

Born January 18th, 1933 in Portland. [ref]

Died September 12th, 2013 at 80 years old in San Francisco (leukemia). [ref]

Occupations
electrical engineer, inventor
Wikipedia

Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir