Michael S. Hart, Project Gutenberg Founder, Dead at 64

Michael Stern Hart Michael S. Hart, the man credited with having invented the e-book (in 1971), but probably best known as the founder of the wonderful Project Gutenberg, is dead at age 64.  Mr. Hart was found dead at his home on September 6 after having suffered an apparent heart attack. Details can be found at this full length Washington Post obituary: Mr. Hart cobbled together a living