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

Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of the internet-popular short-video format, the GIF, has died. He was 74. His wife, Kathaleen, said Thursday in a phone interview that he died of COVID on March 14.  Wilhite, who lived in Milford, Ohio, won a Webby lifetime achievement award&#x2...

Stephen Wilhite, one of the key inventors of the GIF, died last week from COVID at the age of 74.

Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of the short-video format the GIF, has died of Covid aged 74.

The man who created the GIF long before it became a staple of social media has died. And as he once pointed out, a lot of people say GIF wrong.

Stephen Wilhite, the creator of the GIF died last week due to COVID. Many Netizens paid their condolences by tweeting out GIF's, honouring the man's contribution to the internet.

The inventor of the GIF, the moving pictures we all find enjoyable, has passed away. As pointed out by the Ver...

Stephen Wilhite, the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) format in the 1980s, died because of...

As looping animations became a staple of the internet, the pronunciation of ‘GIF,’ short for graphics interchange format, was a frequent subject of debate.

Wilhite, who lived in Milford, Ohio, won a Webby lifetime achievement award in 2013 for inventing the GIF, which decades after its creation became omnipresent in memes and on social media.