COMPUTICKET FOUNDER PERCY TUCKER DIES

COMPUTICKET FOUNDER PERCY TUCKER DIES
By Andiswa Ngenyane
Percy Tucker, founder of Computicket. (Photo: Supplied).
THE founder of online ticketing system Computicket, Percival “Percy” Tucker, has died at the age of 92.
News24 shared a statement sent to them by Percy’s family, confirming that he died of Covid-related complications on Friday, 29 January.
“South African entertainment has lost an industry pioneer in Percival ‘Percy’ Tucker, who passed away last night of Covid-related complications,” read the statement.
The legend created Computicket, the first computerised ticketing system in the world, in 1971.
He was born in Benoni, Ekurhuleni and got into theatre at the age of 10, according to his biography.

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