Dennis Ritchie, Creator of C, Dead at 70 Dennis Ritchie, best
known as the creator of the C programming language, died over
the weekend. His employer, Bell Labs, confirmed his death with a
statement that read, "Dennis was well loved by his colleagues at
Bell Labs, and will be greatly missed. He was truly an
inspiration to all of us, not just for his many accomplishments,
but because of who he was as a friend, an inventor, and a humble
and gracious man." In addition to creating C, Ritchie received
the Turing Award for helping to develop Unix. He also co-
authored The C Programming Language, an influential computer
science book commonly referred to as "K&R."