Disco queen Donna Summer laid to rest

Source: WIVB News Channel 4 Buffalo NY

Singer Donna Summer poses with three awards she won at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., Jan. 12, 1979. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Family and some of her closest friends helped celebrate the … A spokesm ...
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A lament for the the man who created the couch potato

Source: The Independent

With the news that the inventor of the remote control, Eugene Polley, has died, couch potatoes around the globe have mourned his passing. The 96-year-old's death was announced by the Zenith Electronics Corporation, where Polley began his career in th ...
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RIP Eugene Polley, a real American hero

Source: CNET

Inventor of the wireless remote control dies at 96. by George Schweitzer May 23, 2012 2:32 PM PDT Couch potatoes everywhere have lost a true hero. Eugene Polley, inventor of the first wireless remote control, died on May 20 at the age of 96. As an eng ...
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Open Thread: Where’s The Strangest Place You’ve Found The TV Remote?

Source: The Good Men Project

USA Today’s Brett Molina reports that Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless remote control for TVs, died on May 20 of natural causes. He was 96. At Zenith Electronics…he invented the “Flash-Matic,” a remote control introduced in 1955 that ...
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Eugene Polley

Source: The Telegraph

Originally considered a luxury for sofa-bound viewers, Polley’s invention became more of an electronic essential with the advent of hundreds of channels and changing viewing technologies. In the pre-Polley era, viewers wanting to switch ...
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Inventor of TV Remote Dies of Natural Causes at 95

Source: NewsMax

The man who changed the course of how we watch television, Eugene Polley, died of natural causes Sunday at a hospital in Downers Grove, Ill. He was 95-years-old. Polley worked at Zenith Electronics from 1935 to 1982, which is where he invented the f ...
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Inventor of the TV remote control dies at 96

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Cutting edge ... an advertisement for the Flash-Matic. Photo: AP EUGENE POLLEY, an electronics engineer who invented the wireless TV remote control, a gadget that also featured the first mute function to silence the more obnoxious s ...
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Wireless remote control inventor zaps out at 96

Source: The Register

The man who took the knobs off the TV set and made a significant innovation in wireless technology, Eugene Polley, died yesterday in Illinois, aged 96. Polley invented the first wireless TV remote control in 1955. Called the Flash-Matic, th ...
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10 things you need to know today: May 23, 2012

Source: The Week

A woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote in Cairo: A run-off election will likely be held in June since none of the 12 presidential candidates is expected to win a majority. Photo: Ammar ...
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