Stewart Cheifet, Computer Chronicles Host, Dies At 87 (goldsteinsfuneral.com)
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- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/12/31/2149206/stewart-cheifet-computer-chronicles-host-dies-at-87
- Source link: https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-cheifet
> According to the obituary [2]linked , [3]Stewart Cheifet of [4]Computer Chronicles fame has died. The obituary states he passed Dec 28, 2025. Cheifet and Digital Research founder Gary Kildall hosted the public television show [5]The Computer Chronicles starting in 1984, and Stewart continued to host the show well into the 1990s. He was well-known for his affable presence and adeptness at interviewing guests and finding out the straight dope about their products. He had recently undergone spinal surgery and had somewhat disappeared from public view after the death of his wife Peta in 2024.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~Pibroch(CiH)
[2] https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-cheifet
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Cheifet
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Chronicles
[5] https://archive.org/details/Computer_Chronicles
Memory lanes (8bit) (Score:3)
A who's who of computing ran through that show. We have come far.
Another key person in computing history is gone. (Score:2)
This is super sad, yet another great in the early computing industry is gone.
We're going to be losing more and more of these people as time goes buy and our industry gets older.
What a gem! (Score:2)
Ahead of the times, Stewart Cheifet made the business of microcomputing normal. His shows were eclectic and informative. And College of San Mateo's TV station was the place to be!
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He also brought computing through various generations, from the 80s 8-bit micros to the rise of the IBM PC and the 386 and Windows, to Windows 95, to the early Internet era.
It's worth a watch just to see how things evolved over the 20 plus years it was on the air. You can tell how computing became democratized from the formal 80s where the hosts wore full suits to the 90s where things got more casual (still a shirt, maybe a tie) and such.
The show evolved and kept up during a period of unprecedented growth i
Truly a shame (Score:3)
He was a great one. Even today, Computer Chronicles is great for background listening. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eitBQT8zOIg
I missed when CC went off the air (Score:2)
It was something I looked forward to, and it was on PBS and they didn't sell out.
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God I hope not.
RIP (Score:4, Insightful)
I never missed an episode of Computer Chronicles when it aired. Every computer enthusiast in the world knows who this man is. He will be remembered fondly. RIP Mr. Cheifet.