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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 20 > Houghtaling, 92, invented Magic Fingers vibrating bed

Houghtaling, 92, invented Magic Fingers vibrating bed

By Valerie J. Nelson / The Bulletin
June 20, 2009

John Houghtaling, inventor of the vibrating Magic Fingers bed that once was pervasive in motel rooms and became a cultural touchstone for a generation of American travelers, has died. He was 92.

Houghtaling died Wednesday at his Fort Pierce, Fla., home of a brain hemorrhage after apparently....

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