“Can never thank Bob enough. Rest in power my friend”: Bob Heil – the Talk Box pioneer who worked with Peter Frampton, Grateful Dead and The Who – dies aged 83

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Bob Heil, the audio industry legend who pioneered the Talk Box – and worked with the likes of Peter Frampton and The Who – has died aged 83.

The news was shared via a social media post published by Heil Sound (the company Bob founded in 1966), which revealed Heil had passed away surrounded by his family following a year-long battle with cancer.