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In Reply to: RE: Sorry to report that in looking for the interview of Mr. Wingate, it appears he passed away. I stumbled posted by cfb on July 03, 2011 at 07:59:41
I did a big internet search for him. He has a website (with the call letters of him ham radio license) that has not been updated in a while. There were usenet groups with many complaints against his on-the-air (apparently drunken) rants. There is a YouTube video where he strung his antenna through a neighbors yard including a foul-mouthed verbal confrontation. He has a Linked-In page that details his employment history with Wingate Audio. And there is a Facebook page (linked below). I sent several messages on the Facebook message system with no reply. I figured he was in jail or something. If he is now dead, that is truly a shame.
He clearly made a small, but important contribution to high-end audio and it would have been fascinating to speak with the man about it. Do you have a link to the obituary?
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selling some items on ebay that he acquired from the Wingate estate.
Very helpful but also very sad. I was hoping that it was the wrong Steve Wingate who died. But that listing was very explicit.
His Facebook page only had 11 friends. I think he was tormented by alcohol for many years.
I would love to find somebody that knew the details of his work at Wingate Audio, but I'm afraid that has all died with him...
I met Steve Wingate at my dealer in St. Paul, House of High Fidelity. He was wilt Al Perkins if I remember right- you might ask him...
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