THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, the medium of choice for millions of bedroom mixtapes, has died at the age of 94. Philips, the company where he also helped develop ...

Amsterdam, Mar.11 (BNA): Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer who heralded a new age for music fans by inventing the cassette, has died at the age of 94 in his home town of Duizel in the south-eastern ...

The man who invented cassette tapes in 1963, which spawned the recording of countless mixtapes for music lovers, has died at age 94. Lou Ottens, while working with the Dutch company Royal Philips, ...

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Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer who developed the cassette tape at Philips in 1963, died on Saturday, Dutch media reported Wednesday. He was 94. Ottens joined Philips in 1952 and rose to become head of ...

He led the team at Philips that changed the audio world in 1963 by introducing a small, portable way to play and record: the cassette. By Neil Genzlinger In these digital days, it may be hard to ...

If you ever made – or listened to – a mixtape, please press the pause button for a few moments to mark the passage of Lou Ottens, the engineer who oversaw the development of the cassette tape. The ...