The entrepreneur Chester Carlson passed away at age 62, respectable.
Biography - A Short Wiki
Patent lawyer who tired of redrawing schematics and re-typing documents by hand and invented the very first copy machine.
His nearsightedness and arthritis made the job of making copies for reports that much more arduous, and he created a novel way to reproduce them by a process called electric photography.
He approached IBM and the Army Signal Corps with his invention with both turning him down. It took eight years to find an investor: the Haloid company, later renamed Xerox.
How did Chester Carlson die?
Heart Attack caused Chester Carlson's death in 1968.
On September 19, Carlson died of a heart attack.
| Cause of death | Heart Attack |
|---|---|
| Age of death | 62 years |
| Profession | Entrepreneur |
| Birthday | February 8, 1906 |
| Death date | September 19, 1968 |
| Place of death | New York, New York, United States |
| Place of burial | N/A |
