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Robert W. Gore, the inventor of Gore-Tex fabric, dead at 83

| September 21, 2020 12:03 AM

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Robert W. Gore, whose invention of what created the breathable-yet-waterproof fabric known as Gore-Tex revolutionized outdoor wear and helped spawn uses in numerous other fields, has died. He was 83.

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