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George Delmetia Beauchamp dies of a heart attack while deep-sea fishing near Los Angeles, California, USA. After starting a career as a vaudeville musician, George Beauchamp became an inventor of musical instruments and a co-founder of The National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker guitars. Along with engineer Adolph Rickenbacker, he designed and patented the world's first electric guitar, known as The Frying Pan, because of its long neck and round body.
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