ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following statement can be attributed to Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, recognizing Ralph H. Baer, inventor of the home video game system and 2011 CE Hall of Fame honoree, who passed away Dec. 6, 2014, at the age of 92: “Few people can claim to have invented a multi-billion dollar industry, but that is exactly what Ralph Baer did in 1966 when he created the first home video game system. Weaving together his U.