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Subject: His Career Really Sucked: David Oreck Passes Away at 99
Written By: LyricBoy on 02/18/23 at 8:18 am
Legendary vacuum cleaner purveyor David Oreck has passed away seven months short of hitting the century mark. :\'(
https://wgno.com/news/new-orleans-vacuum-cleaner-inventor-david-oreck-dies-at-99/
Oreck served as B-29 bomber in World War II, but his fame began to spread in 1963 when he redesigned a standard, upright vacuum cleaner into a light-weight model with a handle that could bend back enough for the entire vacuum to slide easily under low spaces like beds.
Hotel maids– who have to vacuum under countless beds– loved the Oreck, and that enthusiasm soon spread. 8)