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{{Infobox Person | {{Infobox Person | ||
|name = Marvin Yagoda | |name = Marvin Yagoda | ||
|photo = | |photo = Coinop.jpg | ||
|relation = Friend of the band | |relation = Friend of the band | ||
|birth_date = | |birth_date = March 22, 1938 | ||
|hometown = | |hometown = Detroit, MI | ||
|death_date = | |death_date = January 8, 2017 | ||
|death_place = | |death_place = Southfield, MI | ||
|residence = | |residence = Obscure, or wherever he was before he was | ||
|otherNames = "Marvelous Marvin" | |otherNames = "Marvelous Marvin" | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Marvin Yagoda''' was the creator of [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Place)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]], which resided within Tally Hall, the shopping center that [[Tally Hall|the band]] is named after<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nk8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-AIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3824%2C6229900 Toledo Blade Newspaper, August 21st, 1988]</ref>. | |||
==Biography== | |||
Marvin was fascinated with collecting coin-operated machines since he was a little kid<ref name=MLive>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP5OMZFpvlc A Century of Arcade: Inside Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2017. MLive. YouTube.]</ref> and began collecting his own in 1960 but it wasn't until 1990 when he opened his mechanical museum. | |||
== | Marvin was a pharmacist by trade and studied at the University of Michigan.<ref name=MLive>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP5OMZFpvlc A Century of Arcade: Inside Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2017. MLive. YouTube.]</ref> after graduating in the early 60's he kept collecting coin-operated machines, overtaking his wife's house. In 1980 his wife, and his son, '''Jeremy Yagoda''', went to the Tally Hall food court and said that it would be a great place for the machines to take residence for other people to enjoy.<ref name=magicmode>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IKloucc4Dk Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2010. Magicmode. Modern Marvels. YouTube.]</ref><ref name=THISMMMM>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jpSNLF40Ew Tally Hall's Internet Show - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. tallyall. YouTube.]</ref><br> | ||
Marvin passed away after a long illness on January 8, 2017.<ref>[http://www.hiddeninthesand.com/blogs/news/2017/01/marvin-yagoda-1938-2017 Eulogy of Marvin Yagoda on HITS]</ref> The museum remains in the hands of his family and is still open for business. | |||
[[File:marvin-memorial-art.jpg|500px|center|In memory of Marvin Yagoda|link=http://www.hiddeninthesand.com/blogs/news/2017/01/marvin-yagoda-1938-2017]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Marvin Yagoda | |
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| Friend of the band | |
| Date of Birth: | March 22, 1938 |
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| Hometown: | Detroit, MI |
| Date of Death: | January 8, 2017 |
| Place of Death: | Southfield, MI |
| Current resident of: | Obscure, or wherever he was before he was |
| Other Names: | "Marvelous Marvin" |
Marvin Yagoda was the creator of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, which resided within Tally Hall, the shopping center that the band is named after[1].
Biography
Marvin was fascinated with collecting coin-operated machines since he was a little kid[2] and began collecting his own in 1960 but it wasn't until 1990 when he opened his mechanical museum.
Marvin was a pharmacist by trade and studied at the University of Michigan.[2] after graduating in the early 60's he kept collecting coin-operated machines, overtaking his wife's house. In 1980 his wife, and his son, Jeremy Yagoda, went to the Tally Hall food court and said that it would be a great place for the machines to take residence for other people to enjoy.[3][4]
Marvin passed away after a long illness on January 8, 2017.[5] The museum remains in the hands of his family and is still open for business.
References
- ↑ Toledo Blade Newspaper, August 21st, 1988
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 A Century of Arcade: Inside Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2017. MLive. YouTube.
- ↑ Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2010. Magicmode. Modern Marvels. YouTube.
- ↑ Tally Hall's Internet Show - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. tallyall. YouTube.
- ↑ Eulogy of Marvin Yagoda on HITS