Atari employee #3, Doug Dabney has died

UPDATE: Doug Dabney - employee #3 at Atari - has died, his son Scott reports. Dabney's brother Ted co-founded engineering company Syzygy back in in 1972 with Nolan Bushnell, the company that would soon become Atari.

This corrects earlier reports of industry icon Nolan Bushnell announcing the death of long-time business partner Ted Dabney - the man with whom he co-founded Atari.

[Majin-vegeta]

Wow so sad may he R.I.P :(.

[Stsonic]

The Atari Lynx was the very first games console I played on. My dad used to let us play it on long car journeys.

RIP

[yewles1]

Hold up, it may be a mistake. We'll have to wait before final confirmation...

[dotarray]

Article updated - Ted Dabney's brother Doug succumbed to his battle with heart disease today. Ted is still alive, mourning his brother, and working at the new Syzygy Company.

[ZBlacktt]

35mins ago..... not dead.

https://twitter.com/AtariBo...

[dotarray]

Correct - the article's been updated with the new information thanks to Atari historians Marty and Curt.

Ted Dabney's brother Doug succumbed to his battle with heart disease today.

[SniperControl]

My gaming adventure began with Atari.......... R. I. P Doug

[martyg]

Just one more correction, the two are not long-time business partners. They were only business partners from 1969 to 1973 (at which time Ted was forced out of Atari). Since the late 70s, the two have barely spoken, only brief contact in email in recent years to spar back and forth about Nolan's claims about him and the early years.