David Lachenbruch
American journalist
About David Lachenbruch
Lived 1921 – 1996 (aged 74–75).
David Lachenbruch (1921 – November 3, 1996) was an American journalist and an editor of Television Digest. He previously worked at The Gazette and Daily. He was born in 1921 in New Rochelle, New York, and died in 1996 in Manhattan at age 75. In 2000, he was inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame by the Consumer Technology Association, which credited him with coining the words camcorder and consumer electronics.
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Who was David Lachenbruch?
American journalist (1921–1996)
When was David Lachenbruch born?
David Lachenbruch was born in 1921.
When did David Lachenbruch die?
David Lachenbruch died in 1996.
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