Jim Marshall
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- Full Name
- Jim Marshall
- Born
- July 29, 1923
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- Age
- Died aged 88
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- Leo
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- Nationality
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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- Profession
- Business Leader
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Biography
Jim Marshall is 103 years old, a business leader, from United Kingdom.
James Charles Marshall (29 July 1923 – 5 April 2012) known as The Father of Loud or The Lord of Loud, was an English businessman and pioneer of guitar amplification. His company, Marshall Amplification, founded in 1962, has created equipment that is used by some of the biggest names in rock music, producing amplifiers with an iconic status.
Described by The Times as a "charismatic amplifier innovator and music entrepreneur", Marshall was awarded an OBE at Buckingham Palace in 2003 for "services to the music industry and to charity". In 2009, he was given the Freedom of the Borough of Milton Keynes for his work in the community.
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