Les Paul is gone...

Just saw this on msn.com. I doubt I would know who this guy was if it hadn't been for Slash. (When I'm into a musician, an entertainer, an actor or whoever, and they cite influences, etc. I'm inquisitive enough that I do research...9 times out of ten, it opens up whole new worlds for me.) So many trailblazers...gone, but definitely not forgotten.