American engineer and inventor of the dolby 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]
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker