25th March 1938 to 8th February 2019 John Haynes, the entrepreneur and creator of the Haynes Manual, founder of the Haynes Publishing Group PLC and the Haynes International Motor Museum passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on the evening of Friday 8th February, aged 80, after a short illness I kept this man in business in my early years... https://haynes.com/en-us/john-harold-haynes-obe-obituary
I have worked on many a car over the years with a Haynes manual nearby. Rest in Peace! An interesting story to Google when you are bored is the Chilton manual, and how it came to be owned by the Haynes group.