[armadsen]

For what it’s worth, Philo Farnsworth and John Logie Baird were friendly with each other. I was lucky to know Philo’s wife Pem very well in the last part of her life, and she spoke highly of Baird as a person.

David Sarnoff and RCA was an entirely different matter, of course…

[bovermyer]

The article has a photo of a plaque putting Baird's death in 1946, less than 40 years old.

What happened?

[roarcher]

He was 57, born in 1888. Died of a stroke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird#Death