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Vibrating Bed Inventor, 92, RIP

ORG XMIT: FLPAP101 FILE - This Aug. 9 2007, file photo, shows John Joseph Houghtaling, inventor ofthe " Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed"  aboard his 51-foot yacht in Fort Pierce,Fla.    Houghtaling   died in Ft.  Pierce, Fla. Wednesday June 17, 2009. He was 92. ( AP Photo/Paul J. Milette, The Palm Beach Post) (Paul Milette / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: FLPAP101 FILE - This Aug. 9 2007, file photo, shows John Joseph Houghtaling, inventor ofthe " Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed" aboard his 51-foot yacht in Fort Pierce,Fla. Houghtaling died in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Wednesday June 17, 2009. He was 92. ( AP Photo/Paul J. Milette, The Palm Beach Post) (Paul Milette / The Spokesman-Review)

This Aug. 9, 2007, file photo, shows John Joseph Houghtaling, inventor of the " Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed" aboard his 51-foot yacht in Fort Pierce,Fla. Houghtaling died in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Wednesday. He was 92. Story here. ( AP Photo/Paul J. Milette, The Palm Beach Post)

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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