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My parents and siblings are doctors, but I became a toy inventor. My company raised $5 million this year.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sydney Wiseman, cofounder of Playhouse MD. It has been edited for length and clarity. Everyone in my immediate family is a doctor, except me. My ...
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Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer’s creations arrived in the postwar ...
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My parents and siblings are doctors, but I became a toy inventor. My company raised $5 million this year.

Sydney Wiseman is cofounder of Playhouse MD. She designed Fingerlings, small toys that sold millions of units. Now she's partnered with her sister, a family physician, to make fun medical tools. This ...
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Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by The Strong National Museum of Play shows Lite-Brite toys created by Burt Meyers part of the museum's ...
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Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

Lite-Brite toys created by Burt Meyers part of the museum’s collection sitting in an arrangement at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. The Strong National Museum of Play via AP A ...