This is True®
by Randy CassinghamRandy Cassingham's Honorary Unsubscribe Recognizes the Unknown, the Forgotten and the Obscure People who Had an Impact on Our Lives
Edward Craven Walker
Copyright 1998-2012 ThisisTrue.Inc, all rights reserved. May not be copied or archived without express, prior, written permission. "This is True" is a registered trademark of ThisisTrue.Inc, Ridgway Colorado. 3633
A former film maker -- his films promoted the nudist lifestyle -- Walker made so much money from Traveling Light, a nude underwater "ballet" film, that he was able to bankroll another business: the manufacture of an item he took 10 years to perfect, the "Astro Lamp", now better known as the Lava Lamp. It hit the market in 1963 and quickly became a hit thanks to its "psychedelic" look. In fact, Walker said of its mesmerizing motions, "If you buy my lamp, you won't need drugs." He died August 15 in London from cancer. He was 82.
From This is True for 20 August 2000
About the HUs
About This is TrueSubscribe Free
to This is TruePrev: NASA research engineer Robert R. Gilruth
Next: Blood bag inventor David Bellamy