Lou Ottens, Compact Disc Pioneer and Inventor of Cassette Tapes Has Died (2021)
April 8, 2021
Mr. Ottens actually died about a month ago, but I didn’t have time then to create a blog post in his honor.
Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, Lou Ottens, dies age 94 
Lou Ottens, Inventor Of The Cassette Tape, Has Died
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by Bill Chappel
March 10, 2021
Lou Ottens, who put music lovers around the world on a path toward playlists and mixtapes by leading the invention of the first cassette tape, has died at age 94, according to media reports in the Netherlands.
Ottens was a talented and influential engineer at Philips, where he also helped develop consumer compact discs.
Ottens died last Saturday, according to the Dutch news outlet NRC Handelsblad, which lists his age as 94.
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