The man who helped launch a million memes has died. The GIF or “Graphic Interchange Format,” according to a 1987 document, “allows high-quality, high-resolution graphics to be displayed on a variety ...

Steve Wilhite, the computer scientist who created the popular GIF file format in 1987, died in intensive care last Monday from complications of COVID-19, a report said. He was 74. Wilhite contracted ...

Stephen E. Wilhite, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, son, and sibling, has passed away at age 74 from COVID. Even if you did not know him, and even if you do not recognize his ...

March 24 (UPI) --Stephen Wilhite, one of the people behind the invention of the GIF image format, has died in Ohio, his wife announced. He was 74. Wilhite died on March 14 after a being hospitalized ...

James Van Der Beek sobbing. The guy who blinks in disbelief. That disturbing dancing baby.For these and millions more GIFs, we have Stephen Wilhite to thank.GIFs, those looping animated images, are a ...

Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, died at age 74 due to complications from COVID-19. Steve Wilhite and his wife, Kathaleen Wilhite, had just purchased a new truck and camper in hopes of camping ...

The man who helped launch a million memes has died. Steve Wilhite, who is credited with inventing the GIF file format, which makes possible the proliferation of funny Simpsons and SpongeBob memes ...

Steve Wilhite and his wife, Kathaleen Wilhite, had just purchased a new truck and camper in hopes of camping at some of their favorite spots in Tennessee, Kentucky and Michigan when everything ...