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The very first GIF was of a clip art airplane soaring through a pixelated sky.

GIF Creator Stephen Wilhite Has Died: At 74 years old.

Stephen Wilhite, one of the lead inventors of the GIF, died last week from Covid-19 at the age of 74, according to his wife Kathaleen.He was surrounded by family when he passed. His obituary page notes that "even with all his ...

In 2013, Wilhite settled the debate over the pronunciation of "GIF," which is actually pronounced like the peanut butter brand "Jif."

He created the image file format that defined an internet culture for decades in 1987 while working at CompuServe

Wilhite, who famously said his creation GIF is pronounced ‘jif’, died last week after developing complications relating to Covid-19.

Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of the internet-popular short-video format, the GIF, has died. He was 74.

An internet legend, Stephen E. Wilhite, the inventor of the GIF who said it should be pronounced "JIF," has passed away at the age of 74.

The creator of one of everyones favorite ways to share reactions online has passed away.

Wilhite, who died on March 14, developed the GIF as a way of compressing images for online use.