Synthesiser pioneer Dr Moog dies
Synthesiser pioneer Dr Robert Moog has died at his North Carolina home aged 71, four months after being diagnosed with brain cancer.
Born in the New York district of Queens, his instruments were used by The Beatles and The Doors among others.
Dr Moog built his first electronic instrument – a theremin – aged 14 and made the MiniMoog, “the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser”, in 1970.
He won the Polar prize, Sweden’s “music Nobel prize”, in 2001.
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Organiser Charles Carlini said: “He brought electronic music to the masses and changed the way we hear music.”
Dr Moog had received both radiation treatment and chemotherapy to help combat his brain disease. He left a wife, Ileana, and five children.
A public memorial celebration is planned for Friday at the Orange Peel Club in Asheville, North Carolina.
Dr. Moog lived on Lorna’s mail route here in Leicester.