Ted Dabney, Atari co-founder, Has Passed Away
Samuel F. "Ted" Dabney, co-founder of Syzygy and Atari alongside Nolan Bushnell, has passed away.
The news came today from a post on Facebook from his close friend and historian Leonard Herman:
"I just learned that my good friend, Ted Dabney, the co-founder of Atari, passed away at the age of 80. RIP good friend. Your legacy will live on a long time!"
While he stayed out of the public eye, Dabney helped develop Computer Space, the world's first commercially produced coin-op video game.
He was given only a few months to live after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer in late 2017 and chose not to seek medical treatment. Ted Dabney died aged 80.
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