Stephen Wilhite, inventor of the meme-favorite GIF, has died – Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Stephen Wilhite, inventor of the meme-favorite GIF, has died

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Stephen Wilhite accepted his Webby lifetime achievement award in May 2013 in New York. Wihite, the inventor of the internet-popular short-video format, the GIF, has died.

Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of the internet-popular short-video format, the GIF, has died. He was 74.