deaths
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Segway Company Owner Died Because Of His Politeness
The coroner working on the case of Jimi Heselden’s death last year has ruled it was an accident, seemingly due to allowing a dog-walker to pass him on the narrow cliff-path, making him reverse and fall 13m. [BBC]
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Jackass ‘Star’ Ryan Dunn Dies In Car Accident
Ryan Dunn, who will forever be known for sticking a Hot Wheels car up his own arse in the movie Jackass and another as-of-yet-unidentified person, both died in a crash outside of Philadelphia early this morning. [Jalopnik]
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Rest In Peace, Former Sony Chairman Norio Ohga
Norio Ohga, a former Sony CEO and Chairman who helped make Sony the company we know today, passed away in Tokyo yesterday as a result of multiple organ failure. He was 81.
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Accidental Inventor Of Super Glue Dead At 94
Most people don’t live to be 94. Most people don’t receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Most people also don’t invent, by accident, an extremely useful and widespread super-substance. Harry Coover, who died Saturday, did all these things.