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"Mr. Wizard" -- Don Herbert, dies at 89
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:15:06 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: June 12, 2007 8:01:09 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: "Mr. Wizard" -- Don Herbert, dies at 89 Dave, For many of my generation, "Mr. Wizard" was a key inspiration for becoming involved with science and technology, not to mention performing any number of extremely messy tabletop and kitchen sink experiments. I still have some of his books in my collection. He'd been living just a few miles up the road from where I'm sitting typing this right now. The theme music from his "Watch Mr. Wizard" show is now running through my head in an endless loop. Goodbye, Mr. Wizard. Obit: http://tinyurl.com/2lrqjj --Lauren-- ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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