death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name death_cause
monterey , calif. . 12 december 2006 los angeles united states september 27 , 1930 pioneer of the disk drive alan shugart
 alan shugart complications after a heart operation
alan shugart

alan field shugart -lrb- september 27 , 1930 -- december 12 , 2006 -rrb- was an american engineer , entrepreneur and business executive whose career defined the modern computer disk drive industry .
