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Takuo Aoyagi, an Inventor of the Pulse Oximeter, Dies at 84

Takuo Aoyagi, an Inventor of the Pulse Oximeter, Dies at 84

Takuo Aoyagi, a Japanese engineer whose pioneering work in the 1970s led to the modern pulse oximeter, a lifesaving device that clips on a finger and shows the level of oxygen in the blood and that has become a critical tool in the fight against the novel coronavirus, died on April 18 in Tokyo
Gene Deitch, Tom & Jerry, Munro and Popeye Animator, Dies Age 95

Gene Deitch, Tom & Jerry, Munro and Popeye Animator, Dies Age 95

American animation director and producer Gene Deitch has died at age 95. The beloved artist passed away in Prague, where he lived with his wife and fellow animator Zdenka Najmanova. Munro won the Oscar for Animated Short Film in 1961, becoming the cartoon produced outside the U.S. to earn the honor.
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