Vintage TV Hoard

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Yes. The obituary says a little bit about his life. Published in Fort Bragg Advocate-News on Jan. 16, 2014:

Ernest Henry Vann, 78, died Nov. 27, 2013, at his home in Sacramento. Ernie attended local schools and graduated in 1953. He worked with Al Moise as an apprentice printer until moving to San Francisco in 1961 as a printer for the Lombardo Liquor importing company. He moved to Sacramento in 1964 and, at his retirement, was a supervisor for the state's General Services Printing Plant.
Ernie was an electronics prodigy and, with friends, built one of the first TV sets in Fort Bragg as a youth. He was a regular on Cotton Auditorium lighting and sound crews for the Community Concert Series in the 1950s.
He developed an early appreciation for classical music and heirs plan to donate his large collection to an educational institution, as well as his extensive film collection. He was also a railroad aficionado.
The Vanns were early settlers of Westport, Shelter Cove, and Little River. Ernie's parents, Glenna and Milton Vann, predeceased him. He leaves an aunt, Loretta
Ceccon; and cousins, Luann Pritchard, Jeanne Duncan, Patrick Robbins, Ann Meadlin, Elaine Murray, Ernest Ceccon, and Lora Ceccon.

I only knew him as a customer and visited his home on two occasions to pick up and deliver, which was completely overtaken by these television sets and video in any and every format (1/2" tape, CED, laserdisc, VHS, DVD, Film etc.) Three bedrooms were stacked floor to ceiling with TVs and equipment; two were inaccessible and spilling into the hallway. He also had a penchant for collecting motorcycle leathers; several dozen of which were also sold off at the estate sale.

I gathered out of context that, toward the end of his life he could barely get around, and as he told me, "could only be active 1 hour per day." He was a restorer at heart, but really could not do the work himself due to poor eyesight and failing health. A Gentleman, nonetheless.