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Published Thursday, July 21, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

TV DINNER INVENTOR DIES: A lot of people late Thursday and early Friday talked about the death of Star Trek's Scotty (James Doohan), but for lasting impact on pop culture, the real death knell tolled for Gerry Thomas, inventor of the "TV dinner." My friend and former colleague, Peter Corbett (miss those lunches at Flo's!), wrote the local obit, since Thomas spent his final days in Paradise Valley -- my old stomping grounds. Peter and I -- well, mostly Peter -- also wrote many of the stories surrounding Teddy Ballgame (that's Ted Williams, one of the greatest baseball players of all time) and his final resting place at Scottsdale's Alcor center. Funny to think that was two years ago. Still no progress on the bringing folks back from the dead, so Ted remains on ice, so to speak. Just wait 'til next year, right?