Leo Fender

[Spiritinthesky]

From This Day in Music.com

March 21st, 1991,
Leo Fender, the inventor of The Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars died from Parkinson's disease. He started mass producing solid body electric guitars in the late 40s and when he sold his guitar company in 1965, sales were in excess of $40 million a year.

[TNT]

Hey Spirit,

Thanks for that bit of info!!