Alan Kotok, 64, a pioneer in computer video games, is dead

Iria · Jun 3, 2006, 10:27 PM

Source: News.com
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Alan Kotok, a computer designer who helped create the first video game program as a member of a small group of MIT students in the early 1960s, died at his home in Cambridge, Mass., on May 26. He was 64.

The cause was a heart attack, his daughter, Leah Kotok, said.

As a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kotok developed an interest in computers after joining the MIT Model Railroad Club in the late 1950s. Its membership included several other young men who shared his interest, and the organization became a kind of incubator for the computer design field.

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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Alan Kotok, 64, a pioneer in computer video games, is dead Source: News.com __________ Alan Kotok, a computer designer who helped create the first video game program as a member of a small group of MIT students in the early 1960s, died at his home in Cambridge, Mass., on May 26. He was 64. The cause was a heart attack, his daughter, Leah Kotok, said. As a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kotok developed an interest in computers after joining the MIT Model Railroad Club in the late 1950s. Its membership included several other young men who shared his interest, and the organization became a kind of incubator for the computer design field.