George Heilmeier, Whose LCDs Ushered In Flat Screens, Dies at 77
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George Heilmeier, who as a young scientist led the team that created liquid crystal displays, paving the way for flat-panel displays for computers and television sets, has died. He was 77.
He died of a stroke on April 21 at the Medical Center of Plano, Texas, according to his daughter, Beth Jarvie.