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The Inventor of FM Was a Little Nuts

Edwin Armstrong Inventor of FM Radio

The man who invented FM Radio, Edwin Armstrong (1890–1954), had bizarre habits and lived a life that ended tragically.

Armstrong loved radio towers and was prone to climbing them. He once even climbed to the top of the 450-foot RCA radio tower on top of the RCA Building in New York City and stood on the very top - absolutely infuriating the head of RCA at the time, David Sarnoff.

Armstrong – who invented FM in 1933, committed suicide in 1954 by walking out of a high-rise building's window and falling to his death.

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