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John Postel, longtime head of IANA and creator of many Internet protocols has died

From: az915_-at-_ncf.carleton.ca (Bill Royds)
Date: 19 Oct 1998 21:59:11 -0400

From CNN news site <http://cnn.com/US/9810/18/obit.postel.01.ap/index.html)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Postel, the Internet pioneer who wielded enormous
influence managing technical details of the global computer network, has
died of complications from heart surgery in Los Angeles, friends in
Washington said Saturday. He was 55.



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