Amar Bose, founder and chairman of Bose Corp., the audio technology company, sits in his office in Framingham, Mass. The company announced Friday that Mr. Bose had died. (Chitose Suzuki/AP/File)
6:15 pm ET -The inventor of Bose speakers, Amar Bose, on Friday.
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