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He bought the company after the product had already been invented. (Now, if Dean Kamen somehow died to a segway...)

• benj111 7y ago
  Still fits with the theme though. Luis Jiménez didn't invent a sculpture or the Mustang, but still makes the list.
  • jcl 7y ago
    Jiménez certainly designed the thing that killed him. As far as I can tell, Heselden's involvement was just finanical. The deaths are both ironic, but in different ways. FWIW, it was enough to get him on a different list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths#2010s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths#2010s
    • bredren 7y ago
      >Peng Fan, a chef in Foshan, China, was bitten by a cobra's severed head, which he had cut off 20 minutes earlier while preparing a soup. My, what a grisly list that is.
      • bravura 7y ago
        "Sam Ballard, 29, died from angiostrongyliasis after eating a garden slug as a dare eight years earlier."
        • bredren 7y ago
          I remember reading about this man but did not know he passed. This joke altered his and many people around him forever. Comedy with absolutely devastating consequences. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/11/05/young-rugby-player-ate-slug-mates-dare-now-hes-dead/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/11/05/young-rugby...
  • armenarmen 7y ago
    After his death they gave Bluecifer red eyes, next time you’re in Denver check it out